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Syrian Interim Leader Calls for National Dialogue to Chart Path After Assad Era

Syrian Interim Leader Calls for National Dialogue to Chart Path After Assad Era

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Syrian politician Ahmed al-Sharaa has reaffirmed his commitment to establishing a democratic government and has called on his countrymen to unite in support of the process. He has also stated that a transitional justice body will be established to address past human rights abuses. Additionally, al-Sharaa has emphasized that the state will have a monopoly on weapons, a key point of contention.

Ahmed al-Sharaa
Hayat Tahrir Al Sham
1. Over the past two months, we have worked on pursuing those who committed crimes against Syrians.
2. Syria calls on you to stand united and cooperate to heal it, bandage its wounds and console it, with full confidence that you will not let it down.
3. I urge all Syrians to stand united and hand in hand to heal the wounds and wash away the pains after decades of dictatorship.
4. Just as Syria has liberated itself by itself, it is appropriate for it to build itself by itself.
5. Both yesterday and today. I've seen amazing diversity within this conference: Men and women, young and old, people from different walks of life, different religions, Muslim, Christian, Druze, you name it. Yes, there are people missing who should be here. But the Syrian people are finally in the 'People's Palace' and that's very positive.
Sawsan Abou Zainedin
Madinya
1. There's a lack of transparency on the criteria for selecting participants … and there's been no transparency about whether invitees were invited in their personal capacity or their representative capacity.
Mohammed Alaa Ghanem
C4SSA
1. The litmus test of whether this conference is successful is whether or not the recommendations produced by us, the delegates, will be taken into consideration and how they will be adopted in transitional arrangements.
Ibrahim Draji
University of Damascus
1. There's no transparency. There is no clear criteria for who gets invited.
2. I've been a professor of law for the past 22 years, and I can tell you that this is not an actual national dialogue.