The rebellious coalition that seized the control of Syria last month appointed its leader, Ahmed al-Shara, as president of the country to preside over a transition period, according to the media of the Syrian state on Wednesday.
A spokesman for the coalition, Colonel Hassan Abdel Ghani, also declared that the Constitution had been canceled and that the legislator and the army were formed under the deposed dictator of the country, Bashar al-Assad, were dissolved, according to the news agency state, healthy.
The Declarations Amoumed to the country’s first official Steps Toward Establishing a New Government After The Rebel Coalition Led by the Group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, OR HTS, Swept Into the Capital, Damascus, Last Month in A Lightning Offensive That Toppled Mr. Al- Assad. Al-Shara, who led that coalition, has since been the country’s leader of the country.
As president of the transition government, Al-Shara will be at the helm of a transition period once unimaginable in Syria, who had been governed by the iron fist of the Assad family for more than 50 years.
After almost 14 years of civil war that has left Syria seriously fractured, Al-Shara is trying to unite many disparate rebel factions under a single government. But it was not immediately clear whether there was a broad consensus between those groups on his appointment as president for a transition period or for how long that period would have lasted.
Wednesday’s statements were published during a meeting in Damascus between HTS officials and leaders of some of the other rebellious groups who opposed Mr. Al-Assad. By gaining the ads during that forum, HTS leaders seemed to try to demonstrate that Al-Shara had won the support of various rebellious groups.
However, HTS officials did not publish any information on which rebellious groups were present at the meeting or process through which they appointed Mr. Al-Shara, leaving the uncertainty about the fact that there was a unified front behind these steps.
Since HTS seized Damascus in early December, Al-Shara has called high objectives for Syria, including the reconstruction of the state, the liberation of the state institutions of corruption and clientelism and freeing the country from terror that defined the government of Al-Assad- in particular during the long civil war of the country.
“What Syria needs today is bigger than ever,” he said in the observations published by Sana Wednesday. “Just as we were determined to free him in the past, our duty is now committing to reconstruct and advance it.”
But many Syrians have wondered if Mr. Al-Shara will be able to keep the wide promises of HTS and reconcile the militant Islamist roots of his rebel group with a large state in large part.
His armed Islamist group evolved years ago from an affiliate of Al Qaeda and Mr. Al-Shara had a generosity of the United States of 10 million dollars in the lead for years. American officials under the Biden administration announced in a visit to Damascus last month that they had planned to eliminate that designation.
Mr. Al-Shara should now establish a temporary legislative council that governs the country until a new constitution is adopted according to Sana. The advice will be commissioned to supervise a country left largely in disorder after Mr. Al-Assad fled to December.
The economy of Syria is destroyed and its currency is almost useless. Parts of the country are still effectively controlled by Kurds and other militias that oppose or do not completely trust the ribel al-shara coalition. And the coalition is too narrow, with too few fighters to maintain safety throughout the country.
Ever since he seized the capital, al-Shara and his collaborators have actually transplanted leaders from their rebellious government in the north-western province of Idlib-Noto as the government of Syrian-a Damascus salvation. Many of these officials are more religious than professional, leaving some skeptical Syrians both to their intentions and their skills.
Most of these officials belong to the Sunni Muslim majority of the country, fueling the concerns among the many minorities of the country including Shiites, druses, Christians and others.
In December, HTS officials presented an ambitious period of time to establish a new permanent government in Syria. They said that within three months they would organize a conference with the leader of the community, professors, intellectuals and others – including the members of the numerous religious seven of Syria – to discuss the formation of a representative, guardian government.
On Wednesday it was not immediately clear if the rebels had still planned to keep a meeting with the leaders of the community before the expiry of March 1.
The group also said that he intended to create a committee to develop a new constitution in the coming years, according to HTS leaders, and establish a judicial system to try people accused of atrocity during the al-Assad dictatorship.
Reham Mourshed has contributed to relationships.