Disbanding regime's authoritarian structure is a must: Syrian Alawite opposition
Opposition campaigners from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect said disbanding the regime's authoritarian structure and not only toppling the regime was required.
The Alawite opposition added that it was also required to build a state of citizenship and law, and called for confronting sectarian problems the regime is fueling.
"The last card the regime can play is civil war and dividing the country," it said.
Alawite opposition figures are meeting this weekend in Cairo to support a democratic alternative to Assad's rule and try to distance the community from wholesale association with the government's attempts to crush a two-year uprising.
The two-day meeting is the first by Alawites supportive of the revolt.
As the war takes on an increasingly sectarian bent, severing the Alawite fate from that of Assad could be crucial for the survival of the community, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam that comprises about 10 percent of Syria's population.
Bassam Yussuf, one of the conference's organizers, told Al-Arabiya that more than 80 figures will on Sunday discuss ratifying the Syria declaration that will address the country's future after Assad's regime falls.
The conference participants will also discuss the possibilities of the regime's attempt to ignite a civil war and will emphasize that the components of the Syrian people are of one social fabric and that a sectarian war poses a threat to everyone.
Yussuf also accused the Syrian regime of involving the Alawite sect's sons in the ongoing war and said that Assad forced them to fight alongside the regime troops.
He also called for keeping away from the "criminal" regime of Assad.
Alawite opposition figures who represent Alawite activists in support of the revolution said the meeting in Cairo will come out with important messages.
The most important of these messages is calling on Alawites in Syria to quit supporting the Assad regime and to get involved in the revolution.
Another message is that Assad's regime does not represent the Alawite sect but only represents itself.
The meeting will also address the international community with the message that guarantees to the Alawite sect are guarantees to the entire Syrian people.
The Alawite opposition has emphasized that there is no future for a democratic Syria unless Assad exits power and unless a pluralistic democratic system is established.
24 Mar, 2013
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Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2013/03/24/Syrian-Opposition-Alawites-Disbanding-regime-s-authoritarian-structure-is-a-must.html
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