Ezdina Organization held its thirteenth dialogue session within the framework of the Project "A Constitution That Protects Us" in the Khabour Hall in the city of Hasaka in North and East Syria, where a number of representatives of religious and national minorities in the city and its countryside was attended.
- Civil activist Avin Al-Amo
- Civil activist Nawzad Mao.
- Head of the Syriac Union Party Hiba Asia.
- Member of the Yazidi House in Hasaka, Rana Ado.
- Coordinator of activities in the Pel Organization, Hajar Amin
- Journalist Dara Abdo.
- Member of the Administrative Council of The Yazidi House in Hasakah, Suleiman Hamo.
- Member of the Khabour Association, Masoud Seido.
- Member of the Culture Directorate of the Hasaka District Council, Afaf Haski.
- Member of the Khabour Association, Iman Jamo.
- Coordinator of the Communication for Development, Hemo Ibrahim.
- Member of the Armenian Social Council, Imad Abdullah.
- Member The Legal Committee of the General Council of North and East Syria, Ibrahim Qas Ibrahim.
- Member of the Armenian Assembly, Armina Al-Abdullah.
The dialogue session, which lasted about three hours, dealt with several axes on the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee and its establishment, the Geneva conferences and their results, the political process in Syria, and Resolution 2254 of the United Nations Security Council on a ceasefire, and how to reach a political settlement of the situation in Syria.
The session was moderated by Dr. Abeer Hassaf, and the member of the Constitutional Committee, Dr. Dorsen Oskan, via the Zoom program.
Member of the Armenian Assembly, Imad Abdullah, said during the session that terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda appeared under the pretext of defending a particular religion, but they were managed by the great powers to achieve the interests of those countries, and to tarnish the reputation of religion, which led to the sowing of strife between religions in the region.
In turn, a member of the Yazidi House Council in the Jazira region, Suleiman Hamo, stressed that the practice of religions' beliefs does not harm the form of civil states, pointing out that Germany is a country with a civil system in which the Yazidis practice all their religious rituals freely without any harm to the state.
Hamo added that the personal status laws in Syria were unfair against the Yazidis, as they were registered as Muslims and changed their religion in their identity.
In turn, the coordinator of activities at Pel Organization, Hajar Amin, explained that the Syrian identity has been absent from society for a period of time, but what brought Syrians together is the link between the people of society of different nationalities and religions, noting that the dialogue session held by Ezdina is the best evidence of the strong bond between them.
The member of the Constitutional Committee, Dr. Dorsen Oskan, spoke via the Zoom Program about the nine Geneva meetings, indicating the lack of seriousness of all parties in order to reach a solution to the Syrian crisis.
Dr. Oskan added that constitutional issues were addressed in only one Geneva conference, while the rest of the sessions were wasting time and procrastination from the participating parties.
For her part, the session facilitator, Dr. Abeer Hassaf, spoke about the establishment and composition of the Constitutional Committee and the drawbacks of representing the Committee, in addition to talking about the main reasons for the failure of the Constitutional Committee in its work so far.
At the conclusion of the dialogue session, the attendees agreed on a set of recommendations and proposals to be submitted to the Syrian Constitutional Committee, which included:
- Involving Northeastern Syria represented by the Autonomous Administration in the Constitutional Committee.
- The form of the state should be pluralistic and decentralized.
- Recognition of the Kurdish and Syriac languages as an official national language.
- Recognition of all religions in Syria.
- Freedom of religious practice.
- Separation of religion and state.
- The Syrian identity be a comprehensive identity for the Syrian people.
- Fair representation of both genders in all aspects of life.
- The candidate for the presidency of the Syrian Republic should have Syrian citizenship since birth.
- Not specifying the religion and gender of the candidate for the presidency.
- Recognizing the national, ethnic and religious specificities of all components of the Syrian people.
- Equitable distribution of underground resources.
- Separation of the three powers.
- Activating the role of youth in all political, social and economic fields.
It is noteworthy that Ezdina launched a new project in Northeastern Syria, under the title "A Constitution That Protects Us", starting on February 23, 2021.
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