The last session on the constitution in Manbij: There is no good constitution without the participation of everyone
Berchaf concluded its sessions on the constitutional process in Manbij, where seven other dialogue sessions were held, with the participation of local community leaders, jurists, activists, and local government officials. Concluding Manbij: Two members of the Constitutional Committee, lawyer Fayek Hawija, and Sabah Hallaq, the two members, in addition to being members of the Constitutional Committee, have an important place in the Syrian civil and feminist scene. The two constitutional members referred to the reality of the constitutional process and the circumstances surrounding the committee, and the importance of the committee’s progress in its work. The two constitutional members relied on the briefings of the UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen, and on the overall discussions that are emanating from the international community. The two constitutional colleagues did not deny the possibility of holding the sixth constitutional round at the end of this month and the beginning of this month. The closing session, in which 22 male and female actors participated, and one third of the attendees were women, witnessed an important discussion related to the The constitutional process, and the responsibility that falls on the relevant parties in the Syrian political process, with a mention of the priorities of the two constitutional members, which centered on the committee’s progress with steps or an optimistic product, while the priorities of the attendees centered on correcting the course of the process by integrating the maximum of the process. Manbij sessions were distinguished And the closing session was attended by a variety of people, where there were leaders from the Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and Circassians, in addition to a number of displaced people from areas inside Syria. The session quickly turned into a high resonance with the mention of what is “the mistake in the successive Syrian constitutions.” The audience believed that all Syrian constitutions burdened with errors such as the preference of nationalism over other components, the insertion of religion into the identity of the state and the head of the system, the transgression of the principle of separation of powers, the absence of a role for the Constitutional Court and the mixing of jurisdiction between the three authorities, and most importantly, the actual appointment processes and the issuance of formal decisions by the legislative authorities of the system when announcing the Constitutional committees, in addition to the custom of “copying and pasting.” It should be noted that Berjaf held its dialogue sessions in a number of cities in north and east Syria, such as Manbij, Kobani, Derek, Rmelan, Hewler, and sessions will be held in Qamishlo in the coming days.
