Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is facing an early dissident movement with the resignation of more than two hundred members of his party and a sense of discontent within the army after the violent repression of demonstrations democracy. Over two hundred and thirty members of the Baath party to power, have announced their resignations, some thirty in the region of Banias (North West) and two hundred and three in the region Houran (Deraa and its vicinity), in southern Country.
"The security services have demolished the values on which we grew up. We denounce and condemn everything that happened and no regrets to announce our withdrawal from the party," said those who resigned from the region of Banias, in a text managed to Agence France Press. "The practices of the security services against unarmed citizens at Banias and in nearby villages, including Baida, are contrary to all human values and slogans of the party", they say, referring to "the searches houses, firing live ammunition indiscriminately at people, houses, mosques and churches.
" The statement also denounced how "the media [Syrian] speak demonstrators killed, wounded or tortured by calling them 'armed criminal gangs". Moreover, diplomats reported that signs of discontent are emerging within the army, where most soldiers are Sunni, and most commanders are from the minority Alawite, an offshoot of Shiism, the President Assad.
The head of state, who succeeded his father in 2000, Hafez, in power for thirty years, sent Monday to the fourth Deraa mechanized division, a unit commanded by his brother ultraloyale Maher. According to opposition figures and people of the city, several soldiers from another unit refused to open fire on civilians, information that could not be independently confirmed.
"The biggest funeral held in Syria so far were those of soldiers who refused to obey orders to fire on demonstrators who were summarily executed on the spot," said a senior diplomat. According to another diplomat, a unit of the army has clashed with secret police this month to stop shooting at demonstrators.
"Nobody is saying that Assad is losing control of his army, but as soon as you start to use the army to massacre its own people is a sign of weakness," he said. Gunshots rang out in Deraa Wednesday night to Thursday. Water, electricity and communications are cut and basic necessities are running out, residents reported.
"The martyrs were placed in refrigerated trucks used in normal times to transport goods. We poured alcohol on the body to reduce odors," said one of the residents. In addition, over one hundred and fifty opponents - whose names have mostly been kept secret - have formally requested the authority to carry out genuine reforms if he will not be overthrown by a revolution.
The regime is faced with a choice: "either he himself led the change to democracy, or the protesters lead a popular revolution that [the] overthrow," they warned in a joint statement. "To introduce sweeping political reforms, it is necessary to begin developing a new constitution that guarantees the basic rights of citizens and ensures a complete separation between the legislative, judicial and executive branches, and implement a radical reform of the judiciary , undermined by corruption, "they say.
According to them, "the army is the only institution able to lead this change," particularly by negotiating with the opposition. The activists accuse the security forces essentially, not the army of being responsible for the murderous repression of dissent. Since the beginning of the movement, March 15, at least four hundred fifty-three people were killed, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.
The demonstrations began after the arrest of several people, including teenagers, who had tagged on the walls of the slogan calling for the Arab revolution overthrowing the regime. On the diplomatic front, the European initiative for a condemnation of the crackdown has failed on Wednesday night, the Security Council of the United Nations because of the hostility of Russia, China and Lebanon. 
"The security services have demolished the values on which we grew up. We denounce and condemn everything that happened and no regrets to announce our withdrawal from the party," said those who resigned from the region of Banias, in a text managed to Agence France Press. "The practices of the security services against unarmed citizens at Banias and in nearby villages, including Baida, are contrary to all human values and slogans of the party", they say, referring to "the searches houses, firing live ammunition indiscriminately at people, houses, mosques and churches.
" The statement also denounced how "the media [Syrian] speak demonstrators killed, wounded or tortured by calling them 'armed criminal gangs". Moreover, diplomats reported that signs of discontent are emerging within the army, where most soldiers are Sunni, and most commanders are from the minority Alawite, an offshoot of Shiism, the President Assad.
The head of state, who succeeded his father in 2000, Hafez, in power for thirty years, sent Monday to the fourth Deraa mechanized division, a unit commanded by his brother ultraloyale Maher. According to opposition figures and people of the city, several soldiers from another unit refused to open fire on civilians, information that could not be independently confirmed.
"The biggest funeral held in Syria so far were those of soldiers who refused to obey orders to fire on demonstrators who were summarily executed on the spot," said a senior diplomat. According to another diplomat, a unit of the army has clashed with secret police this month to stop shooting at demonstrators.
"Nobody is saying that Assad is losing control of his army, but as soon as you start to use the army to massacre its own people is a sign of weakness," he said. Gunshots rang out in Deraa Wednesday night to Thursday. Water, electricity and communications are cut and basic necessities are running out, residents reported.
"The martyrs were placed in refrigerated trucks used in normal times to transport goods. We poured alcohol on the body to reduce odors," said one of the residents. In addition, over one hundred and fifty opponents - whose names have mostly been kept secret - have formally requested the authority to carry out genuine reforms if he will not be overthrown by a revolution.
The regime is faced with a choice: "either he himself led the change to democracy, or the protesters lead a popular revolution that [the] overthrow," they warned in a joint statement. "To introduce sweeping political reforms, it is necessary to begin developing a new constitution that guarantees the basic rights of citizens and ensures a complete separation between the legislative, judicial and executive branches, and implement a radical reform of the judiciary , undermined by corruption, "they say.
According to them, "the army is the only institution able to lead this change," particularly by negotiating with the opposition. The activists accuse the security forces essentially, not the army of being responsible for the murderous repression of dissent. Since the beginning of the movement, March 15, at least four hundred fifty-three people were killed, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.
The demonstrations began after the arrest of several people, including teenagers, who had tagged on the walls of the slogan calling for the Arab revolution overthrowing the regime. On the diplomatic front, the European initiative for a condemnation of the crackdown has failed on Wednesday night, the Security Council of the United Nations because of the hostility of Russia, China and Lebanon.
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