Friday, May 18, 2012

Extracted From BBC Syrian National Council head Burhan Ghalioun 'to resign'


Syrian National Council head Burhan Ghalioun 'to resign'

Burhan Ghalioun speaks at a news conference after meeting Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata in Rome on 13 May 2012 Burhan Ghalioun's re-election as SNC president has been opposed by some in the alliance
The head of Syria's main opposition alliance, the Syrian National Council, has said he will resign amid growing criticism and rifts within the group.
Burhan Ghalioun, who was re-elected as SNC leader on Tuesday, said he would step down once a replacement is found.
The move comes as a key activist group said it may leave the SNC over what it called errors and a lack of consensus.
The SNC was formed last year to present a united front for the opposition, but has been dogged by divisions.
"I will not allow myself to be the candidate of division, I am not attached to a position, so I announce that I will step down after a new candidate has been chosen, either by consensus or through new elections," Mr Ghalioun said in a statement quoted by AFP news agency.
Mr Ghalioun, a Paris-based academic, has faced accusations that he is monopolising power, is too close to the Muslim Brotherhood - a major component of the SNC - and has failed to give enough support to activists inside Syria.

Analysis

From the moment he was first elected the SNC president, Burhan Ghalioun has faced criticism from other opposition figures that he is not up to the job.
As the Syrian uprising has developed into a full-scale armed conflict, that criticism has increased. Now it has reached a point where the Paris-based professor has offered to resign.
He was not doing the job for any personal gain, he said, and did not want to be a divisive figure.
His offer has been greeted with relief by some activists.
But not all. Even some of his staunchest critics have condemned the move, saying that for all his faults, the SNC does not have an alternative, and that doing this right after he was re-elected for another three-month term only adds to the impression of chaos and disunity that has long plagued the movement.
The Local Co-ordination Committees, a group of activists based both inside and outside Syria, on Thursday cited Mr Ghalioun's re-election for a third consecutive three-month term as one of the reasons for its threat to withdraw from the SNC.
'Organisational failure' The LCC said the council was moving away from the "spirit and demands of the Syrian Revolution" and accused Mr Ghalioun of "political and organisational failure".
"In recent months, we have witnessed apparent political deficits in the Syrian National Council and a lack of consensus between the council and the revolutionary movement," it said.
The LCC added that it would move towards pulling out unless the "council's errors are not reviewed and demands are not addressed".
Bassma Kodmani, a leading Paris-based SNC figure, told the Associated Press news agency that the LCC's concerns were "justified and legitimate", but added that differences within the Syrian opposition were a "natural and healthy" sign of democracy.
The Syrian National Council was created as coalition of seven opposition groups with the goal of providing a credible alternative to President Bashar al-Assad's government and of serving as a single point of contact for the international community.
But correspondents say continued disunity within the SNC has made the West reluctant to throw its weight behind both the council and the Syrian opposition as a whole.
The UN believes at least 9,000 people have died in since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule began last year.
Starting as largely peaceful demonstrations against the government, the uprising has increasingly turned into an armed conflict following repeated violent crackdowns by the security forces.
In March, the SNC announced that it had created a military bureau to co-ordinate the various armed anti-government groups in Syria.
But the main armed group, the Free Syrian Army, responded by saying it would not co-operate with the new bureau.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why is this article relevant to your poxy party ? Explain.

Anonymous said...

I see no relevance to feature this story. SFP is running out of juicy news because PP doing such a splendid job !

Anonymous said...

I see no relevant to feature this story.It teaches must that when poilitcal leaders cannot deliver or are not apt of delivering such as politcal leaders to likes of RAM;Boulle and other that they must go and make space for effective and genuine leaders in order that things can be moved on and if they refused to retire they might be forced out be their own supporters.And when a leader is not loved,not accepted it should do like Mr Burkan Ghalioun by simply leave.

A moral lesson to RAM;FAR;PIERRE;BOULLE THE BUTCHER

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

PP ARE COPING ALL WHAT SFP WRITE ON HIS BLOG!

Anonymous said...

I'll better read something about PETER GILL AND DOCTOR MAXIM FERARI in the late sixties on Praslin Island. Or about the PALTO that PETER lend to FAR in the OAU CONFERENCE.

Anonymous said...

Or the butcher best seller "te man of the people".Help him sell his first copy .

Jeanne DÂrc

Anonymous said...

Or Mike Hoare best seller; "THE SEYCHELLES AFFAIR"

pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa????BOOOOM?

Anonymous said...

Effective and genuine leaders Jeanne D'Arc? Like who? By all means these genuine leaders like Christopher Gill and Jean Paul Isaac, they have the floor.
Can you believe Jean Paul Isaac is calling himself a politician. Wahahahahaha! He also calls himself a journalist. Wahahhahsha! Now he can also call himself Ninja Mutant Turtle. Wahahahaha!

Anonymous said...

Some juicy stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGJVX6jYjI0

Anonymous said...

Effective and genuine leaders like Chris,JP;RAm ,Buolle cannot even be nominated for such a title,maybe as clown in PP's comic show.

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

Justice for all - racism cannot be tolerated!

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-report-criticizes-israel-s-treatment-of-african-migrants-1.432518

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/meast/israel-immigration-protest/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Anonymous said...

Justice fo4r all .racism cannnot be tolerated the same way that a sovereign nation cannot tolerate illegal immigrants violating their frontiers and sovereignty.Those african you refering too,did their grant parents cried out and fight for independnet?Moreover,Afirca is the rich continent on earth with all the natural resuorces one can think about,why are they< not working to develop their countires instead of continuating to illegally enter others land.Note that most of those Afircan you refering to are Muslim Sudanese.in the homeland they calling to kill jews,destroy the state of Israel and so on but then they still beleive the same jews should allow them to illegally rape their sovereignty.

Give us a break dog.

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

The answer to your question regarding Africa is COLONIZATION and DICTATORSHIP. The wicked Europeans and their allies keep stealing the riches of the third world nations in the name of DEMOCRACY.

The Jews were once an African tribe.

Israel survival depends on the US hand-outs so they have to be in line with the US policies.

WHY?
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2011/12/2011122275656217998.html

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/leaving-bitterness-behind-1.339712

Anonymous said...

NO DOUBT!

http://www.bellenews.com/2012/02/25/world/europe-news/secret-bible-in-which-jesus-predicts-coming-of-prophet-muhammad-unearthed-in-turkey/

Anonymous said...

Probably the communsist version of the holy bible.You know in communism all is fake,and i can figure out those atheists faking even the bible for God is their dearleaders.

Jeanne DÂrc

Anonymous said...

correction.For them their dealeaders are the living gods.

Anonymous said...

Should we keep religion out of politics?

http://www.rt.com/news/socrates-mock-trial-greece-295/