Secondly, the agreement did not outline the overthrow of the regime as a primary target. There were three reasons for this lack of approval, according to what was said by some on television: Firstly, the agreement rejected the principle of foreign military intervention without clarifying how else to protect the civilian protesters, a demand that is already several months old. It is worth mentioning that article 3 of the Arab Initiative stipulated that opposition blocs should come together and collectively lay out a program for democratic political transition, pressure the regime by producing a clear replacement for its security solution, and form a cohesive political party to cooperate in leading the peaceful transition process, should the the Arab Initiative succeed.Ī representative of the NCC said that the document, agreement or program initialled by both the chairman of the SNC and the NCC leadership – amidst the presence of members from both sides and after difficult negotiations lasting a period of 35 days – did not win the approval of certain parties in the SNC, most notably the Muslim Brotherhood. Secondly, the difficulty in reaching an agreement between the Syrian National Council (SNC) (a broad spectrum alliance of Syrian opposition blocs formed more than 3 months ago) on the one hand, and the National Coordination Committee (NCC) (a small dissident party existing both inside Syria and abroad) on the other. Pessimism has prevailed over those monitoring Syria’s revolution from the outside over the past few days, for two reasons: Firstly, the failure of the Arab observers who entered Syria to persuade the Syrian authorities to stop the ongoing bloodbath.
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