The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad opened the way for a new electoral law with the creation of a committee that will draft it, but continued with the repression of the riots that resulted in nineteen dead today. The Syrian state news agency, Sana, reported that Prime Minister Adel Safar, passed a resolution creating a commission to prepare a new draft law for holding general elections.
This committee, composed of eight legal experts will present the results of their work to Prime Minister within a period not exceeding two weeks. Speaking to the agency, the head of the commission, Undersecretary of Justice, Neyem al-Ahmed, said they have already begun the task and the finish in the allotted time.
"The commission conducted a study of Arab and international law to choose the best they have," said Al Ahmed, adding that he established contacts with a large number of specialists to gather views and benefit from their experience. According to Al Ahmed, the objective is to develop a bill for the general elections similar to the best that are in force in the world.
Sana did not mention the law of parties paralyzed which was reviewing a draft, according to government sources, after it was promised in 2005 at the congress of the Baath, the political formation of Al Asad. The latter legislation enabling the establishment of political parties, if not based on ethnic or religious reasons, and be linked to the new electoral law.
In principle this year was tentatively scheduled legislative elections, although they had no set date, as the latter took place between 22 and 23 April 2007. The President must be approved in a referendum every seven years without term limits, and the next should be held in 2014. Today's action occurs in the context of the reforms undertaken by the Assad regime to quell anti-government protests started in mid-March and which have intensified in various parts of the country.
On 21 April, the Syrian president approved the repeal of the Emergency Law, in force since 1963, the elimination of the High Court of State Security and backed a new law guaranteeing the right to hold peaceful protests. Despite these reforms, the regime continues with the policy of carrot and stick, and that at least nineteen people were killed in various parts of the country by gunfire from the army and supporters of the regime, denounced as opposition groups.
In the town of al-Hara, south of Damascus, at least thirteen people were killed by gunfire, said the Syrian National Organization for Human Rights (ONSDH) and the Sham group, which showed in Facebook a list with the names of the dead. ONSDH President, Ammar Qurabi, said that victims of Al Hara "is produced by tank fire and snipers." In addition, Qurabi said there were deaths in Homs, north of Damascus, where tanks of the Armed Forces killed five people in the neighborhood of Bab Amro, while Yasem, in the south, was shot dead.
Sham group indicated that there was the biggest attack in Homs from the start of the intervention of security forces, since clashes between police and army troops against members who refused to shoot people in the neighborhood of Bab Amro. Indeed, the Sana agency revealed that at least two soldiers were killed and five wounded in clashes in Homs and Deraa, in the south.
A military source quoted by Sana, said that the deaths occurred during the search operations of terrorist groups in those cities. Since the beginning of the riots in Syria, the authorities have argued that behind them are alleged terrorist groups and an alleged international conspiracy and refuses to acknowledge that the demonstrations are led by citizens demanding democratic reforms and the regime's downfall. 
This committee, composed of eight legal experts will present the results of their work to Prime Minister within a period not exceeding two weeks. Speaking to the agency, the head of the commission, Undersecretary of Justice, Neyem al-Ahmed, said they have already begun the task and the finish in the allotted time.
"The commission conducted a study of Arab and international law to choose the best they have," said Al Ahmed, adding that he established contacts with a large number of specialists to gather views and benefit from their experience. According to Al Ahmed, the objective is to develop a bill for the general elections similar to the best that are in force in the world.
Sana did not mention the law of parties paralyzed which was reviewing a draft, according to government sources, after it was promised in 2005 at the congress of the Baath, the political formation of Al Asad. The latter legislation enabling the establishment of political parties, if not based on ethnic or religious reasons, and be linked to the new electoral law.
In principle this year was tentatively scheduled legislative elections, although they had no set date, as the latter took place between 22 and 23 April 2007. The President must be approved in a referendum every seven years without term limits, and the next should be held in 2014. Today's action occurs in the context of the reforms undertaken by the Assad regime to quell anti-government protests started in mid-March and which have intensified in various parts of the country.
On 21 April, the Syrian president approved the repeal of the Emergency Law, in force since 1963, the elimination of the High Court of State Security and backed a new law guaranteeing the right to hold peaceful protests. Despite these reforms, the regime continues with the policy of carrot and stick, and that at least nineteen people were killed in various parts of the country by gunfire from the army and supporters of the regime, denounced as opposition groups.
In the town of al-Hara, south of Damascus, at least thirteen people were killed by gunfire, said the Syrian National Organization for Human Rights (ONSDH) and the Sham group, which showed in Facebook a list with the names of the dead. ONSDH President, Ammar Qurabi, said that victims of Al Hara "is produced by tank fire and snipers." In addition, Qurabi said there were deaths in Homs, north of Damascus, where tanks of the Armed Forces killed five people in the neighborhood of Bab Amro, while Yasem, in the south, was shot dead.
Sham group indicated that there was the biggest attack in Homs from the start of the intervention of security forces, since clashes between police and army troops against members who refused to shoot people in the neighborhood of Bab Amro. Indeed, the Sana agency revealed that at least two soldiers were killed and five wounded in clashes in Homs and Deraa, in the south.
A military source quoted by Sana, said that the deaths occurred during the search operations of terrorist groups in those cities. Since the beginning of the riots in Syria, the authorities have argued that behind them are alleged terrorist groups and an alleged international conspiracy and refuses to acknowledge that the demonstrations are led by citizens demanding democratic reforms and the regime's downfall.
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