Protest in Tabqa against "Constitutional Declaration"

Democratic civil society organizations in the Tabqa Canton organized a protest against the "Constitutional Declaration," with participation from members of various organizations, including unions of lawyers, farmers, teachers, and intellectuals in the region. The protest took place in front of their headquarters in Tabqa.

The protest concluded with a statement delivered on behalf of the organizations by Ahmed Al-Ayed, a member of the Tabqa Lawyers Union, which stated:

"We fully reject the constitutional declaration proposed by the interim government and affirm that any outcome based on what is called the National Dialogue Conference will remain insufficient."

The statement pointed out that "this draft represents a reproduction of tyranny in a new form, as it entrenches central rule and grants the executive authority absolute powers while restricting political activity and freezing the formation of political parties, thereby obstructing the path to democratic transition. Additionally, the draft ignores the absence of clear mechanisms for transitional justice, which further deepens the national crisis."

The statement rejected "the attempt to reproduce dictatorship under the guise of a transitional phase" and emphasized that "any constitutional declaration must result from genuine national consensus, not be imposed by one party."

The statement called for "revising the declaration to ensure fair distribution of power, guarantee freedom of political activity, recognize the rights of all Syrian components, and adopt a decentralized and democratic system of governance with clear mechanisms for achieving transitional justice."

It concluded by stressing that "Syria is a homeland for all its people, and we will not accept the reconstruction of a tyrannical regime."

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