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President al-Assad: Circumstances which our country is passing through
necessitate us to be more courageous, strong and more responsible
DAMASCUS_ President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday said the sensitive circumstances
which our country is passing through necessitate us to be more courageous,
strong and more responsible.
" We pay tribute and honor the souls of innocent civilian and military
martyrs," President al-Assad addressed the people's Assembly on the occasion of
its 1st legislative term, saying that the martyrs blood will not be wasted.
Addressing the Parliament President al-Assad said "Performing your legislative
and supervising duties can't be done in best way unless possessing a clear
developmental vision based on constructive dialogue and communication with the
citizens,"
The President added that concentrating on the supervising role of the Assembly
should not ignore its partnership role with the executive authority.
The president said: " We confront a big part of the campaign against Syria with
reforms and building a strong fortress in the face of regional and
international ambitions,"
He added: "It is our duty towards our people who proved their ability and
succeeded to overcome very difficult national tests to upgrade our performance
to the level of its awareness and steadfastness,"
He stressed that conducting people's Assembly elections as scheduled slapped
those who wanted that Syria closes in on itself, drowns in the blood of its
people.
President al-Assad said "A year and a half after the crisis has begun, things
became clear and masks were removed… the international role in what is taking
place was exposed since decades ...colonialism remains unchanged but its
methods and faces are changing and the regional role exposed itself." President
al-Assad added that after all the pure blood that were shed, we need a lot of
reason and to learn from the people who were able to decode the conspiracy from
the beginning.
President al-Assad said: "We are moving forward with the political process, yet
the terrorism is escalating,"
" Not distinguishing between political process and terrorism is a great mistake
that grant terrorism a legitimacy. Separation between terrorism and political
process is essential to reach a solution to the crisis, " the President added.
He went on to say: "We are facing a real war and dealing with war is different
from dealing with internal issues. When we boycott election, we boycott the
people. Any political process that is not based on popular state has no popular
value,"
President al-Assad said " Since the first day we have known that the political
track will not lead to a solution but we did it because the Syrian people need
it regardless of the crisis.
President al-Assad added:" Syria is open to whoever wants a genuine reform and
an honest dialogue; we welcome the participation of any honest Syrian in the
process of developing the country,"
The president stressed that the national security is a red line and we can't be
tolerant with whoever tries to tamper with it...
Sunday 03-06-2012
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