The seventh session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee concluded without reaching any results

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen confirmed yesterday, Friday, that the seventh session of the Constitutional Committee’s work lasted for five days without reaching any significant results.

Pedersen said in a statement: “The basic Constitutional Principles were discussed:

Basics of Governance, submitted by nominees of the Syrian Opposition.

State Identity, submitted by some of the civil society nominees.

State Symbols, submitted by nominees of the Assad regime.

Regulation and Functions of Public Authorities, submitted by nominees of the Syrian Opposition.”

Pedersen added that some of the delegations submitted revisions on the texts presented, and some of these embodied amendments indicated an attempt to reflect the content of the discussions and narrow differences between the parties.

Pedersen pointed out in his statement: ”After two years and a half of the launching of the Constitutionl Committee, there is a clear need for this commitment to be embodied in the Committee’s work, and that the Committee begins to move substantively forward on its mandate to prepare and draft for popular approval a constitutional reform.

He continued ”To this end, I will do everything I can to bring closer viewpoints among the members, and I will engage with the involved parties.

Sources related to the Syrian Opposition said to Anadolu agency: “The session concluded without reaching common understandings. The sources pointed out that the Assad regime always has pretexts and reasons. No consensus had been reached concerning the raised points despite the agreement on the methodology of the last day’s work. This methodology is incomplete and needs to be developed. The regime stuck to its proposals and did not accept amendments to them.”  

Pedersen had previously announced in press statements that the next sessions of the Constitutional Committee’s work will be held during the months of May and June 2022.

The sixth round, which was held at the end of last year failed to make progress, which prompted Pedersen to suggest a “step-by-step” initiative on the basis that Washington and its allies would ease some sanctions in exchange for Moscow pushing the Assad regime to make concessions in the course of the political solution process.