Syrian temporary president, Ahmed al-Shara, announced late on Saturday the formation of a guardian government that will lead the country with a key transition because he comes out of more than 50 years of dictatorship according to the rule of Assad family.
Mr. Al-Shara, who led the coalition of rebel forces that overthrew the Assad regime, appointed many new ministers, cursing in each in front of a audience of several hundred dignitaries in a bright-lit hall in the presidential palace on the hill above Damascus.
His government included some experienced officials and one woman – but he appointed the Allies close to the important ministries of defense, external affairs and interior.
Rebels who Built President Bashar al-Assad In December, they have since acted as de facto of Syria. Mr. al-Shara has been appointed Temporary president and supervised the transitional government.
Among the early promises of Mr. Al-Shara was to form a guardian government until March, which the state would lead until the elections could be held. He said that might last up to four years to hold elections because the country is in a mess.
The composition of the new government was published on Saturday, including key cabinet positions, it was widely considered a lakmus test whether Mr. Al-Shara would expand any real power beyond his narrow circle of allies and manage well on his Pledge to create an inclusive government This represents all Syrian different religious and ethnic groups.
The guardian government will be in power for five years, allowing the adoption of a permanent constitution and choice, as described in detail in temporary constitution adopted this month.
The announcement on Saturday suggested that Mr. Al-Shara partially worshiped with the pressure of Syrian society and minority groups, as well as the demands of foreign governments considering the abolition of sanctions.
Clearly nodding to these critics, Mr. Al-Shara replaced his brother as the Minister of Health and appointed two popular activists for running the ministries. Raed al-Saleh, head of the organization of civil protection from white helmets, became a minister of disasters and emergencies, and Hind Kabawat, who helped organize a recent conference on the national dialogue, was appointed Minister of Social Affairs-Izen Women’s Appointed Women.
And in an important gesture of the Kurdish minority in the country, Mr. Al-Shara appointed Kurd for the Minister of Education, the ministry that will be carefully observed how he deals with the prescribing of the Assad’s Education System.
Many Arab and Western leaders said that the restoration of full connections with the new Syrian government – including relief from punishing Western sanctions – will only happen if a political process that reflects the ethnic and religious diversity of the country is created.
While leading the transitional authority, Mr. Al-Shara placed allies in key state positions, effectively transplanting the provincial administration he once led in the town of Idlib.
The announcement of the new government comes for a month After Mr. Al-Shara convened a conference for Syrians from all over the country to share their contributions and recommendations for temporary administration.
The pressure on Mr. al-Shara to change his government has become at home and in abroad after Violence in the Syria coastal region This month. Conflicts broke out between the remains of the Assad regime and the government’s security forces. More than 1,000 people were killed, many of which were civilians, according to the war control group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Mr. Al-Shara also provided important agreements with Militia under the guidance of Kurdskasupporting the United States and controls much of northeastern Syria, is the leaders of society in the south of the country.
The Constitutional Declaration published this month was made by the Committee of a specialist who was led by a professor of constitutional law. It retains a strong presidential system, giving the executive government to the President and the authority of the appointment of the Supreme Court judge and a third of the parliament members.
But he also determined the separation of the branches of power and the independent judiciary, which is “subject to only law”, which is a break from the authoritarian state managed by Mr. Al-Assad.
The Constitutional Declaration also holds a provision from the old constitution that the president must be a Muslim. It also guarantees freedom of opinion, expression, information, publication and printing.
Some groups criticized a temporary constitution for not recognizing a series of ethnic and religious groups of Syria or setting a power sharing system. But other analysts and activists of democracy described him as a good temporary document that would maintain stability and allow time to discuss further changes.
Ibrahim Draja, a professor of rights at Damascus University, recently said in a public hearing in the City that a three -month limit for the outstanding state and other limitations of military and security services were new protective measures against the return to dictatorship.
However, another lawyer at the event, Faeq Huaija, co -founder of the Syrian NGO, a Center for Equal Citizenship, caused several worries, including the temporary constitution did not provide adequate president checks.
Muhammad Haj Kadour contribute to reporting.
