Ezdina Organization held its eighth dialogue session within the framework of the project "A Constitution That Protects Us", today, Wednesday, with the participation of a group of young women and men, activists and civil activists from the city of Amuda.
The dialogue session was organized via the “Zoom” program due to the total ban imposed by the Autonomous Administration in all regions of Northeastern Syria.
Among who participated in the dialogue session:
- Human rights activist Suleiman Ali.
- Media figure at the Malfa Masoum Muhammad Center.
- Member of ACTED organization Mohammad Al-Sayed.
- Civil engineer Gulbahar Sida.
- Journalist Akram Hamo.
- Engineer Eva Sheikh Musa.
- Presenter of Al-Yawm channel, Waad Muhammad.
- Media figure, Liwa Suleiman.
- Media figure, Noveen Ibrahim.
- Human rights activist, Ciwan Nebi.
- Media photographer, Hariton Khajik.
- Student at the Faculty of Law, Sandy Musa.
- Civil activist, Anas Khoja.
- Human rights activist, Shehab Abdi.
Also a member of the Constitutional Committee, Dr. Dorsen Oskan, participated in the dialogue session via the Zoom program, while the session was moderated by Dr. Abeer Hassaf.
The dialogue session, which lasted for more than three hours, dealt with several axes related to the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee and its establishment, the nine Geneva conferences and their results, the course of the political process in Syria, UN resolutions related to the situation in Syria, and paragraphs related to the demands of young people and the importance of their participation and activating their role in order to build a future Syria.
Suleiman Ali said during his intervention that regional and international interventions have deepened the Syrian crisis, and that the Geneva tracks have failed, indicating that the solution will be external and far from the Syrian will.
In turn, the journalist, Waad Mohammad, said that it is not normal to write the constitution and move to the transitional phase and the war is still going on in Syria, pointing to the importance of clarifying the constitution's form.
In turn, the session's facilitator, Dr. Abeer Hassaf, said that it is necessary to restore the confidence of the Syrians in themselves and restore the internal will in order to reach a solution to the Syrian crisis.
A member of the Constitutional Committee, Dr. Dorsen Oskan, spoke about the nine Geneva meetings, pointing out that all parties were not serious about reaching a solution to the Syrian crisis.
Oskan added that constitutional issues were addressed in only one Geneva conference, while the rest of the sessions were wasting time from the participating parties.
At the end of the session, the participants agreed on a set of proposals and recommendations in order to convey them to the Constitutional Committee. These proposals and recommendations included:
- Determining the form of the state "decentralized, federal, parliamentary system of government".
- The president has the right to be president for only two presidential terms, and each term is limited to four years.
- The right to education the mother tongue and the protection of cultural rights for all components.
- Acknowledgment of civil marriage.
- Develop a long-term strategic plan to activate the role of youth in all political and electoral fields (candidates, employees, observers, decision-making centers).
- Activating the role of international organizations in establishing curricula for transitional justice and the consistency of this role within the tasks of the United Nations.
- Amending some articles of the Political Parties Law, and amending some laws regulating political life in Syria, including the electoral law.
- Considering women as an authentic partner of men in all aspects of life, and making women’s participation in politics a legitimate right mandated by the constitution and guaranteed by society.
- Involving the Autonomous Administration in the political process and drafting the Syrian constitution.
- The constitution should not be based on a religious basis, it should be a secular and democratic constitution.
- The constitution be based on equality between all nationalities, races, and religious or ethnic minorities.
- The entry of the United States of America into the path of a political solution and pressure on all parties, not just imposing sanctions on the Syrian regime.
- The state guarantees freedom of press, printing, publishing, and mass media within the limits of the law.
- That the principle of the supremacy of the constitution is above all else.
It is noteworthy that Ezdina launched a new project in Northeastern Syria, under the title "A Constitution That Protects Us", starting from February 23, 2021 and for a period of three months.
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