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Ibrahim Hamidi, bureau chief of al-Haya<\/em>t in Damascus, and three other journalists met with vice president Farouq Shara. Here is what he said about article 8 of the constitution, which states that the Baath Party is the leader of Syria’s state and society. It explains President Assad’s \u201croad map\u201d of reforms that should be finalized by the end of year. [The following is a very loose translation of the al-Hayat article. I used Google translation, changed a lot, and erase repetition and filler in the interest of saving time. This is not a word for word translation.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shara confirms President’s \u00abroad map\u00bb to reform<\/a>
\nSaturday, July 23, 2011
\nDamascus – Ibrahim Hamidi – al-Hayat<\/div>\n
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Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa\u00a0 explained that Syria must turn the crisis into an opportunity by consolidating \u00abreform\u00bb and to become \u00abmore democratic\u00bb.<\/div>\n
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Sharaa indicated that the \u00abroad map\u00bb announced by President Bashar al-Assad will lead to a basket of reforms being adopted by the end of the year. This will include a national conference and adopt of the new political party law, election law, media law and new People’s Assembly (parliament) early next month and the formation of a Higher Council for Human Rights. He said: \u00bbLet their be political action instead of people trading rumors\u00bb.<\/p>\n

The Syrian Vice President speaks in an interview with four journalists, including Director of the Office of \u00ablife\u00bb in Damascus after the consultative meeting that took place at the invitation of \u00abthe national dialogue\u00bb set up by President Assad a few weeks ago. And the holding of \u00abconsultation\u00bb for three days with the participation of 180 personal parties \u00abProgressive National Front\u00bb The Party \u00abBaath\u00bb, including the heads of trade unions of workers and peasants, students and lawyers, in addition to the independent and opposition figures and youth.<\/p>\n

Was issued at the conclusion of the meeting, which was attended by a number of opponents, a closing statement, the 18 items, including that the dialogue is \u00abthe only way to end the crisis\u00bb and the \u00abstability should be a higher national and a guarantee for deepening reforms,\u00bb and to consider the \u00abliberation of the Golan from the national targets which represents a consensus\u00bb. As requested \u00abdialogue committee\u00bb of the relevant committees to prepare draft laws in preparation for release \u00abas soon as possible\u00bb, and to recommend the establishment of the Commission’s \u00abConstitutional Review PROCEDURE all, and to make proposals to ensure the formulation of modern constitution\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Recent days have seen the issuance of public statements from unions, peasants and students about the consequences of \u00abconsultation\u00bb. The General Union of Peasants stated\u00a0 that “the gains of the masses of the toilers were the result of a long struggle.”\u00a0 The National Union of Syrian Students made a statement that “any review or amendment to the national Constitution or any change or innovation” must be achieved in a democratic fashion that reflects the will of the people according to the rules and constitutional principles.”<\/p>\n

The Syrian Vice-President stressed that it is necessary to “defend the gains” that have been made in Syria over the past decades, including in education and health. He explained that what Syria is going through \u00abis not a revolution, but the process of repair and restoration\u00bb. “There are gains to preserve and errors to fix. The late President Hafez al-Assad had his “corrective movement” (in 1970). Why? At the time, it was not possible to progress without corrective reform.” He added: “We expanded the base of power.” Those who argue that we relinquish past gains are wrong.” …<\/p>\n

He said that based on President al-Assad’s speech at the University of Damascus all articles of the Constitution would be subject to review, including the eighth, which states that \u00abthe Baath\u00bb is the leader in the community and the state…..He added that the Regional Conference for the Tenth Party \u00abBaath\u00bb which was held in 2005, included many of the recommendations for reform. He stressed that everyone should support the reform project led by President al-Assad. He noted that many Baathist leaders support the reforms, pluralism and democracy……<\/p>\n

The next phase includes a series of steps. It conducted a \u00abdialogue committee\u00bb after the end of the \u00abconsultation\u00bb a number of meetings with Syrian dissidents accept \u00abthe dialogue under the roof of the nation\u00bb, to complete a dialogue with the formation of a preparatory committee for the conference. He also participated in discussions to enter about 70 thousand people, a website devoted to dialogue.<\/p>\n

….He explained that the dissidents interviewed by \u00abthe dialogue\u00bb are not involved in the foreign plots. They want reform, but not the destruction of the country.\u00a0 He expressed his conviction that dialogue leads to the \u00abcalming of the street\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Al-Shara said that Syria is \u00abimmune to sectarianism\u00bb.\u00a0 The experiences of the last century and the beginning of the Syrians rejected the attempts of the French mandate to divide the the country. He warned of Israel’s efforts to \u00abplay the sectarian card\u00bb in the Middle East. He added: \u00aba program of reform to the citizen, make him feel safe. We must fortify the citizen and the nation the national dialogue and reforms \u00bb. He compared Syria to the color spectrum, saying that it is difficult to separate any color from the rest of the spectrum. …<\/p>\n

Sharaa explained that the US position on its surface seems to be about human rights and democracy, but at its core it is about US national \u00abinterests\u00bb which are closely connected to those of Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shara, in response to a question by al-Hayat, stated that there would be a Constitutional Review in the coming months after the formation of a political committee, legally established for this purpose, in parallel with the adoption of draft laws in the coming days. With the return of the People’s Assembly (Parliament) on the 6th of next month, new representative bodies will be elected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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