MSDThe Preparatory Committee for the conference of Democratic Powers and Figures presented a paper on the concept of decentralization within the activities of the second day of the Raqqa Consultative Forum at one of the halls in the center of the city of Raqqa in northern and eastern Syria.
The paper was reviewed by a feminist activist, Thubiya Al-Nasser, where she provided a summary of the history of successive Syrian constitutions, and stated that the first decentralized constitution in the Middle East was the Constitution of Syria in 1920.
She added that the structural crisis that the country is suffering from is caused by the ruling authoritarian centralism in Syria, which has brought the country to a deplorable state in economic, political, administrative, social and cultural terms.
The paper explained that Syria urgently needs a national resolution that ends the political, social and economic crises.
As Syria is a multicultural, multiethnic, multi-religious, and multi-confessional country, the decentralized regime is the best resolution for state administration. The experiences of similar nations and countries have proven that decentralized regimes achieve sustainable development in resource management and maintain civil peace and national unity.
The paper explained the definition of decentralization, its necessity and its basic principles, so according to the paper submitted by the preparatory committee, decentralization is a necessity and a guarantee for the unity of the Syrian territories.
The participants of the forum agreed on the importance of the existence of national projects that take into account the Syrian situation and its diversity and end the monopoly of capabilities, and they believed that decentralization is a guarantee for the protection of the rights of all Syrian regions without exclusion.
