Assad: Solution through National Reconciliations, Committing to Constitution

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President Bashar al-Assad met on Monday members of the central Bar Association and the affiliated councils in the Syrian cities in which he affirmed the important role played by popular organizations and syndicates as they can play a basic role forming a bridge between the government and society in many sectors.

According to him, the scheme of what was referred to as a "political solution" was meant to create confusion in the minds of ordinary people as opposed to a military one. "Unconsciously, people would consider a political solution as a substitute for a military one, so that they do not notice that they run in parallel."

Relatively, Assad explained that the political track in the previous years, especially after Geneva conference in 2012 was summed up in the so-called "transitional governing body": a structure for an inner political conflict that reaches all social levels, which means a state of utter paralysis.

On the level of the current ground developments, Assad added: "We reached the current situation when the Russian intervention started through the counter-terrorism front and reached what was supposed to be named Geneva 3, anticipated by Vienna statement and the two resolutions 2253 and 2254."

As he stressed that the Syrian people's priority is to combat terrorism, he added: "...actually all those resolutions are an outcome of settlements for an international conflict between two axes; an axis that wants to prove the international legitimacy and depending on the UN charter, and another axis which wants to dominate; of course it is the west, turning a blind eye to all these charters."

"We are in need for a reform on the political, economic and social level, and, at the same time, we are in need for stability, what is more important is that any transitional process whatsoever, should be subjected to the current constitution," the Syrian President told the attendees.

However, he considered that "when talking about a political track, the essence of this issue, is who the partner in the political solution is, I believe that the answer is very difficult, in addition to that the delegation which was formed in Riyadh is a mixture of terrorists and betrayers."

Considering every honest citizen in his country, Assad stated that "when the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic goes to the dialogue, it represents each combatant in the front-line and it represents every martyr and his family."

Assad finally asserted that the real solution, besides combating terrorism, is the national reconciliations which have proven a benefit to a great deal, and committing to constitution.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team