Top officials of the main two
opposition groups in Syria, western-backed National Coalition and
Russian-backed National Coordination Body, had met in Cairo since two weeks to
bolster dialogue between and boost their cohesion ahead of Geneva 2,
well-informed source told Zaman Alwasl.
Mr. Ahmed Jarba, National
Coalition president had discussed with Mr. Hassan Abdul Azim, the general
coordinator of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change and Dr.
Haytham Manna, deputy head of the Body, the proper ways to overcome the
obstacles and find common ground to form one delegation which can represent the
Syrian opposition in Geneva peace conference, the source said.
The Internal opposition,
National Coordination Body is a coalition of non-armed opposition parties and
figures based in Syria. It was established in June 2011 to unite the demands of
the opposition and organize political dialogue and peaceful anti-regime
protests.
NC will face troubles next
week where 200 figure of the opposition seek to form a new body instead of the
Coalition in Cordoba, the southern city of Spain on January 9 and 10, Special
source told Zaman Alwasl.
More than 200 participants
will attend the conference, which represents the Syrian opposition spectrum,
including 19 representatives from the National Coordination Body for Democratic
Change, with remarkable participation from the newly formed 55-Islamist units,
The Islamic Front.
According to the source, some
opposition figures will propose a draft for the 2014 presidential elections,
nominates a well-known Damascene Sunni Businessman, (his name was not
mentioned) who is big ally for rebels of Ghouta, to lead Syria after Bashar Al
Assad.
The draft noted that the
Syrian regime figures can participate in the power.
In relevant development, a
member of the National Coalition
demanded Monday that the NC leadership resign en masse for its failure
to defend Syrians inside the country.
The proposal was made by
Marwan Hajjo Rifai, a founding member of the Syrian National Council, which was
the principal opposition-in-exile group before it was eclipsed by the
coalition.
In a letter published on a
pro-opposition website, Rifai said the coalition’s members had failed to rally
the international community in order to pressure the Syrian regime to lift its
blockade of civilian areas or ensure that international bodies deliver aid to
such regions, according to Daily Star.
The coalition has also failed
to pressure the regime to halt its use of heavy weapons and crude “barrel
bombs” against civilian populations, despite the group’s ties with foreign
countries, he said.
“Let the international
community put Syria under international protection,” Hajjo wrote.
“Our presence has become
catastrophic for people inside the country … if the coalition wishes to remain
just as a means for convening the Geneva II conference and sitting down with
the killer of children … then let the coalition go to hell.”
Syria's armed uprising began
as a series of peaceful democracy protests 33 months ago but escalated into a
full-blown civil war after Assad's regime launched a brutal crackdown on
dissent.
The conflict is estimated to
have killed around 130,000 people and displaced millions more.
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