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## Communiqué on the meeting of the CentralCommittee of the Syrian Communist Party

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Date | 2011-06-22 13:02:25
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Communiqué on the meeting of the Central Committee of the Syrian
Communist Party
The Central Committee of the Syrian Communist Party held
regular meeting, chaired by its Secretary-General Comrade Ammar
Bagdache, on / 4 / June 2011 /. Comrade Wisal Farha Bagdache head of
the party attended part of the meeting.
During the discussion of the political situation the Central Committee
longly stopped at the events in the country, which is characterized by
a high style of confrontation, which has many forms and sites.
The Central Committee stressed that the overall development of
events confirms the diagnosis concluded in its previous meeting (in
25/3/2011) which indicate that the imperialist conspiracy is
escalating on Syria with multiple faces and the range of the
participants in this conspiracy expands, such as Arab reactionary
regimes who are loyal to imperialism, and its media and competent
organs. Syria was and still forms the main obstacle in the Arabs
against enslavement new great Middle East plan. The distinct role of
Syria is known in supporting the anti-imperialism and Zionism
resistance movements in the region.
The current period characterized by increasing this imperialist attack
and escalating the hostile tone to Syrian by imperialist horns
brazenly. The bright example of this is in the words of Barack Obama
and other officials in the U.S. administration, the symbol of
aggression and people enslavement. By the attendance of the criminal
Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama said that the situation in Syria locates in
the heart of the attention of American and Israeli leaderships. The
Obama's speech contained expressions cannot be translated only as a
claim for the Syrian leadership to surrender unconditionally, where
its first step is give the full abandonment to support the resistance
forces in the Arabs world, and the abandonment of its alliances which
form in the same time an important component of the Syrian national
force system.
Declarations of many European and imperialist representatives flowed
into the same direction , particularly by representatives of French
imperialism, which, as events show, has desire to its colonial past in
the region which is stained with blood and committed heinous crimes,
which do not forgiven the Syrian people their brave struggle against
it, this struggle crowned by the great evacuation. It may be dwarf
Zionist Sarkozy aspires to repeat Guru saying:
« we are backed, Salah al-Din», forgetting what happened after that
to the French occupation forces by the hands of brave Syrian rebels.
There is no doubt that the powerful Zionist circles in the imperialist
ruling departments in the United States and Europe, have a great
repute in escalating the imperialist madness. These circles are sure
that the honorable Syrian steadfastness and its struggle against
imperialism forms a fundamental danger to the expansible projects of
imperialism and Zionism in the region, which of the racial and
enslavement new great Middle East comes in the forefront.
In the same context the Arab rulers chorus who deal with U.S.
imperialism flows, they are competing among themselves for the best
title to pass the imperialist interests in the region. Those who were
scared by the escalation of Arab national liberation movement wave,
they are seeking by various ways to strike the national liberation
fort in our region which is Arab Syria. In this context the massive
media campaign are launched against Syria as well as supporting and
financing subversive operations inside it, this evidenced by the
irrefutable facts.
The positions of the Turkish government - the main member in NATO- are
not friendly towards Syrian national steadfastness, which reject the
imperialist dictations. Turkey embraces reactionary groups that
disguised by religion like Muslim Brotherhood, which share the ruling
party in Turkey its thought and loyalty to imperialism. Under the
auspices and facilitation from the ruling circles in Turkey
conferences for the enemies of the Syrian national approach were held,
the last conference held in Antalya, attended by Muslim Brotherhood
elements and many unknown persons from the Syrian political arena, the
essential aim of these conferences is making a radical change in
Syria for the benefit of loyal forces to colonialism. In the same
context, a meeting was held in capital of the Atlantic, Brussels, the
most prominent activists were leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood.
This organization stained with the blood of innocent people,
especially during the events in Syria in the late seventies and early
eighties of the last century, this organization known with full loyal
to imperialism, which leading centers are located in Western capitals
and sponsored exceptional from the ruling circles, as well as from
Arab obscurantist reactionary regimes.
Through the follow-up of the facts of these conferences which held by
the opposition, it is noted that the opposition has no any
socio-economic program will help to improve the living situation of
the people and develop the national economy. The slogans were limited
to a demand to overthrow the regime, and unclear arguments have
hypocrite character. Yes, the goal of reactionary forces limits to
strike the current status, it means radical change to anti-imperialism
orientations which is the basic character of this status, from this
the ignorance of these forces comes to all reform trends which
announced in Syria.
During the development of events, it was announced to lift the martial
state, which the country lived under it since March / 1963 /, issued
a law for regulating demonstrations, and re-Syrian nationality to
those Kurd citizens who have been deprived as a result of the census
which carried out in Hasaka province / 1962 /.
It must be noted that these measures were among the main demands that
Syrian Communist Party fought for over the decades to the expansion of
democratic freedoms of the people.
In addition to, our party demanded- including in the documents of
the11th Conference - to amend the press law and issue the parties law
and which its preparations have started at present. The government
published a draft of local administration law and the draft of
electoral law. Here, we have to say that many of the terms and
provisions contained in these drafts are not compatible with the
developments of the situation, so it should be amended, but in some
cases form a backward step compared with the applicable laws. For
example, what stated in the draft of local administration law to
appoint half the members of the Executive Office of the province by
the governor, while all members are elected now. In our opinion, the
electoral law requires a deeper study, and delete some texts which
excite the sensitivity of public opinion,( as to carry out the
election in two days ... Etc). In general, our party deems, that it
must be issued two legislative versions in this area: law for the
elections of parliament and law for elections of local administration,
because the right rulings in case of local administration are not
correct in case of parliament, the most prominent example on this is
the issue of electoral domicile of candidates to the parliament,
because according to the Constitution, member of parliament
representing the Syrian people as whole and not only his constituency.
regards to the formation of some specific committees on judicial
reform and economic reform and to combat corruption and others, the
Central Committee deems that there are some cases of corruption do not
need a microscope and analysis, but need to suppress immediately. It
is also unlikely to be issued by the committee of economic reform-
with its current composition- any recommendations towards serious turn
for the production and producers.
The Central Committee deems that the best way for national dialogue is
to expand press freedom, this will provide the broad expression of
opinion on the most important issues concerning the development of the
current status and citizens condition.
Positive measures have been taken in the economic sphere which our
party fought for, the most important measure is raising the salaries
of workers in the state and the public sector significantly, as well
as pensions of retirees, amend the law / 41 / related to private
ownership in the border areas, the trend towards stabilizing of
temporary workers in the public sector, the reduction of diesel
prices has positive reverberation inside the community in general and
among peasants in particular. At the same time we noted that the
reduction of diesel prices was not accompanied by decreasing prices of
materials and services which its cost related to diesel prices. This
is an evidence about the negative role played by speculators who want
to monopolize the results of the positive steps taken by the state.
These, in all circumstances, seek to increase their exploitation of
the country and the people together. This situation requires the
completion of the steps taken by the state, through increasing the
state intervention role in setting prices, including direct pricing to
the materials related to the basics of public consumption, as well as
basic services, particularly the transportation sector within cities
or between cities, in general it must be made great effort to meet the
service demands of people.
It had stated in the documents of the 11th Conference of our party
(held in October / 2010 /) literally as follows:
«We have warned and warn all the honorable patriotics in our country,
that in addition to continuous external political pressures to our
country, there are attempts to economic blackmail and imposition the
prescriptions of imperialist centers, and their tools such as the IMF,
the World Bank and WTO, which can be summarized in one word is
economic liberalism, which is an expression of the imposition of
foreign monopolies dictatorship on the national economy. This method
leads to the exhaustion of the country economically in order to
facilitate striking the country politically ».
The important part of the causes of popular discontent, which formed
the suitable soil of reactionary incitement, lies in the economic and
social measures of liberalism, which was done in the past years under
the banner of «social market economy». Which led to increase
polarization in society and led to the great impoverishment of
hardworking people and to the severe pressure on production and on
producers, which also led to the formation of a wide audience of
neglected people, who are usually receptive to incite reactionary
forces because of his social and living conditions. This case was seen
in many cities and regions. We can consider that the glow of situation
which the country is witnessing is logical result of the Tenth
Five-Year Plan.
One of the most dangerous phenomena witnessed during the past decade
is the applying of economic measures which are detrimental to the
interests of the peasants who were historically form- since the
implementation of agrarian reform- the most important component of the
mass base of the regime. As a result of collaborated government
measures with the weather circumstances the situation became
catastrophic in many eastern and north-east regions, which manifested
by great slump in production and terrible decreasing in the standard
living of producers, forcing a large portion of them to leave their
land and join the poverty belts around the cities, some of them worked
in marginal works if they found it.
The social-liberal economic measures that have been applied in recent
years played a subversive role, not lower than the role of external
pressures in terms of their negative impact, but it was more than it
because its impact included the whole economy and livelihood of all
people. It is not by chance that these measures have been praised by
the imperialism and the reactionary Arab centers, because these
measures «form the basis of the reform process», they want more of
these measures, aware from the enemies of the country that economic
liberalism is in combating contrast with the country force.
The requirements of the national battle against imperialism and
reactionary forces, which seeking to kneeldown Syria requires the
complete abandonment of economic liberalist policies and measures. It
should be reviewed all economic laws, which taken in the previous
period, under the banner of readiness to « the Syrian-European
partnership» and to « enter the World Trade Organization». These
legislations, in particular, were the carrier of social -economic
measures, which are harmful to national production, producers
condition, and national steadfastness in general. Only narrow segment
of comprador bourgeoisie has benefited from these legislations, which
seeking to plunder the state and the people together, in cooperation
with the global monopolies. The movement of events show clearly that
it is impossible to reconcile the interests of the people and
interests of the comprador bourgeoisie. This bourgeoisie its economic
liberal project is combating contrast with national steadfastness
interests.
With its appreciation of the decisions taken by the new government in
the economic and social fields, the Central Committee stresses on the
need to continue to take decisions and measures which strengthen the
economical forces of the country and meet the demands of the masses of
workers, peasants, small income earners and state employees, who form
the public support to the honorable Syrian national stand.
The central Committee also emphasizes on importance of supporting and
developing the national production, such as supporting the Syrian
agriculture in order to restore and strengthen the food security of
our country, supporting the industry in all forms of national
ownership with focusing on maintaining and developing the public
sector. The Central Committee also emphasizes that it is important to
rely on providing productive capacities through increasing state
investments in this area and not to rely on bringing foreign and Gulf
capital into the country. In this regard it is important to return to
the policy of oil investment nationally production and marketing. It
is necessary to take integrated measures to prevent all kinds
speculations.
The adoption of socio-economic approach to meet the masses interests
,strengthen the economic forces, insure to hit home environment which
the hostile forces grow in it. Our party deems that the
socio-economic development is the primary domain of the class struggle
in the country, which means the struggle about the direction of this
development and how to distribute and redistribute of national
income, it also will play a key role in determining the fate of the
national battle in the country.
Our party has been early alerted to the dangers of the conspiracies
hatched by imperialism , Zionism and Arab and local reactionary
against Syria. It had stated in the documents of the11th Conference of
our party literally as follows: «It is clear more and more that this
attack on Syria, which takes multiple faces such as political pressure
, military threats, economic sabotage, and hatching conspiracies to
bring out radical transformations to change Syrian national face,
including the overthrow of the current regime which based on the wide
national alliance its primary aim to protect and strengthen national
sovereignty ».
At the beginning of events currently going through Syria, the
communiqué of the Central Committee meeting held in / 25 / March /
2011 / indicated that:
«the reactionary forces tried and are trying to use the right
dissatisfaction??...., to inflame the unrest all over the country
using a malignant method in the integration of the correct slogans
that attract the masses which related to the expansion of democratic
freedoms with clearly reactionary slogans and demands which have
obscurantist sectarian provocative character, these slogans oriented
against the secularist concepts and lenity spirit, which historically
distinguish the Syrian society ».
The movement of events proved the correctness of the analysis of our
party. Where gradually the peaceful and non-violent character of
demonstrations vanished, this replaced by violent acts, large-scale
attacks took place on the headquarters and governmental establishments
, this accompanied in many cases with attacks on personal properties
and destroy it. The aspects of armed and regular acts became clearly
visible in some provinces, these aspects cannot be attributed to the
spontaneous reactions to suppress and disperse some demonstrations,
but it is a regular act carried out by reactionary forces and with
support from abroad. In some cases the works which carried out by
reactionary forces reached to position cannot characterized only as
attempts of armed insurrection taking place through attacks and
killings initiative and planning of these forces.
In addition to violent acts including armed ones which carry out by
reactionary groups, there are also many attempts to impose financial
blackmail on the citizens to supplement the subversive acts.
There is no doubt that the forces involved in the disturbances are
from various sorts, but obviously, it began to appear in the interface
more and more occupies first place, forces have obscurantist and
absolute reactionary character, known with its organic ostracism to
any concept of freedom, completely far away in thought and deed from
democracy, these forces characterized by seeking to impose regimes
inspired what exists in Tora Bora in Afghanistan with oppression ,
tyranny and underdevelopment. It is intended to impose this grim
situation on our enlightened Syrian society. that means instead of the
work with martial law which lifted by issued decree, they want to put
an alternative based on obscurantist provisions without any margin of
the freedom of thought , diligence and action.
Such situation led to the fact that some of the opposition forces and
faces, which were in the front while the peaceful demonstrating
started to move away from these groups and their violent acts and
their indiscriminate attacks. This stand is no doubt deserves
appreciation. It is clear that saying and opinion should face with
saying and opinion, the act should face with act. That means the
subversive acts and attacks should face with procedures prescribed by
law and perpetrators brought to justice.
The forces correlated with external forces and collaborating with them
in all forms from liberalism to obscurantist to apostate «left» to
fleeing former officials fleeing abroad, contribute with the reckless
hysteric chorus which want to justify the armed movements of
reactionary forces, but denies the existence of these movements at
all, rejecting all the facts , seeking to distort them.
Facing the current events requires firmness and flexibility in the
same time, it must be firm facing to the aspects of armed insurrection
and subversive acts, at the same time fast seeking without prejudice
to the masses, including those who express their opposition views
peacefully. It must stay away from any actions have retaliatory
character that can hurt the innocent citizens. The central committee
expressed its support for the amnesty issued by the President of the
Republic, expressing its conviction that the amnesty should coverage
all the opinion prisoners .
The central committee expresses the Syrian communists conviction that
the current battle character is national with distinction, fighting
and confrontation are going on against the non-national and
reactionary forces, which by its subversive acts serves Zionism and
colony interests, regardless the motives of simple persons who join to
these forces, who in many cases have been deceived by slogans and
various banners, they are susceptible to belief these slogans because
of their living condition.
But regardless self intentions here and there, the key issue lies to
make every effort to defend Syrian national stand, national
sovereignty pride, and dignity of country for the survival of Syria as
castle of free people in the Arabs world and the world.
The central committee highly appreciated the support and sympathy
received by Syria in the current national battle by friendly forces in
the Arabs world and the world. The central committee commended the
distinct stand taken by Russia and China in the Security Council, this
support stand to Syria is compatible with the strategic interests of
these two great nations.
commended the solidarity stand shown by workers and communist parties
in the world that emerged in many international assemblies and media,
and through the solidarity marches and protests with the steadfastness
Syrian stand.
The central committee also commended on the activity of party
organizations and Syrian Communist Youth to organize demonstrations
and sit-ins in front of embassies and consulates of imperialist
countries , expressing the disapproval and condemnation of its
aggressive stand of our country and our people.
The central committee also stopped at the situation in our region and
found that all indicators point to the continuous advancement of the
Arab national liberation movement, despite the difficulties face it.
The central committee alerted to the dangers of reactionary
imperialist conspiracy to the revolutions and popular uprisings.
During the Summit of the Eight, which took place in the city of
Deauville, it was clear the imperialist centers efforts to sink
Tunisia and Egypt with new debts amounting to tens of billions of
dollars in order to paralyze any independent decision of the two
countries which overthrowed in the near past, the regimes of
hirelings. The fast-moving events taking place in Yemen shows the Arab
reactionary regimes efforts, in full coordination with U.S.
imperialism, to find an alternative to the current regime fits
imperialist interests, contrary to what mass movement is seeking to,
which is being sought to be subjected to tribal leaders who are loyal
to America and the Arab reactionary.
The Libyan tragedy continues under the expansion and intensification
of the Atlantic aggression on this rich Arab country, it is clear that
imperialism and Zionism want to make this country a laboratory for its
saying «Creative Chaos» by dividing its land into pieces, destruction
of its structures and killing its inhabitants.
The Central Committee calls upon world free people and all
anti-imperialist forces to solidate with the Arab national liberation
movement, which is facing a fierce enemy manifested by imperialism and
its local agents. Imperialist aggression increase directly its
internal crises. There is a severe financial crisis threatening the
U.S. economy in the short time. The successive crises still shake
throughout Europe, after the severe crisis that swept through Greece,
Ireland, Portugal, leaving destruction in the situation of their hard
workers, the winds of crisis began to loom in Spain atmosphere.
The worsening situation in the world once again confirms the
importance of strengthening the anti- imperialism global front. This
certainty which the Syrian Communists depend on their international
activities.
The Central Committee has reviewed the party international activity
especially the participation of party representatives in many seminars
and international meetings and commended this activity.
The Central Committee also discussed some issues related to the
general party activity.
Thus The Central Committee concluded its regular meeting.
Damascus / 4 / June 2011 /