After the fall of Assad: Kurds in Syria reject constitutional draft al-Sharaas

The political leadership in the northeast of Syria controlled by Kurds rejects the constitutional draft of temporary president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

The draft provides for authoritarianism in a new guise, said the democratic council of Syria. The organization acts as a political arm of the militia of Syrian democratic forces (SDF), which has so far largely been checked by the northeast of the country.

Integration of the SDF into state institutions

Just recently, Al-Sharaa had succeeded in moving the SDF to the state institutions for a complete integration into the state institutions. The agreement includes central points such as the political participation of all Syrians regardless of ethnic or religious belonging and the recognition of the Kurdish community as a population group with full citizenship rights.

However, the message published on the website of the council now states that Al-Schaharaa’s constitutional draft anchored centralistic rule and gives the executive power absolute power. Political activities would be restricted and frozen the establishment of parties. “We strictly reject every attempt to restore a dictatorship under the guise of a transition phase,” the statement said. The design is categorically rejected and must be rewritten.

Severe clashes

Al-Sharaa led the Islamist rebel group HTS until the fall of al-Assads. He is now trying to go back to the torn country after more than a decade of the civil war. He only signed the draft of the provisional constitution on Thursday. According to Damascus, freedom of expression and press and the political rights of women are to be guaranteed. In addition, there should be a strict separation of powers.

The agreement with the SDF was an important step to pacify the country, which was only shaken by severe clashes between supporters of the previous government and the new rulers last week.