SYRIAN GOVERNORATES - A number of Syrian academics and politicians stressed that the decision of forming a committee, whose task is the formation and drafting of a new parties' law which includes the visions, perspectives and mechanisms for the establishment of national political parties in Syria, constitutes an advanced step on the level of the political reform and development in the forthcoming stage, and dedicates the political pluralism as a main pillar for democracy and plays an important role in enriching the national political life.
Member of the Politburo of the Unionist Socialist Party, Khalid al-Aboud said, in a statement to SANA on Tuesday, the formation of the committee means that Syria is moving on the right road towards creating a new political equivalent, and that the political leadership is determined and serious to go on towards reform as a necessity and a need.
Al-Aboud added that the awaited parties' law is expected to be parallel to the political movement and far from any religious, ethnic, sectarian or denominational positions as the logic of the modern state doesn't deal with such social ingredients.
For his part, Political Analyst, Taleb Ibrahim said" The political life in Syria is witnessing accelerated steps in this framework, which necessitate the existence of political parties through which the political work can be practiced on the popular and leadership levels."
Ibrahim pointed out that the party pluralism is a need as it constitutes a source for the enrichment of both the country and the society, asserting that the opposition at any modern political regime is considered as 'a part of the political system of the country', but not an enemy.
Ibrahim added the "the homeland's interest is the necessary condition for the formation of these parties. Syria is being a confrontation country which carries the banner of Pan-Arabism and defends the Arab legitimate rights."
Dean of the Political Science Faculty, Omar Abdullah, said "the decision of the formation of the committee is a leading step within the reform process in order to issue a new parties law which constitutes a frame for the establishment of effective national parties able of making a typical movement in the construction and development process.
© SANA (Syria Arab News Agency) 2011
