Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Syria: Government resigns

It 's too early to say that it is the decisive one, but there was a change in Syria. The Syrian government led by Prime Minister Naji Otri has decided to leave: it was announced on state television. President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the resignation en bloc of the executive, however, anticipated by sources close to the Damascus government.


The new government, whose composition will be announced in the coming days, will deal with the application of the reforms promised by Assad himself. The output stage of the government comes at a time when the regime is facing unprecedented popular protest, which was crushed with violence: Assad, in power since 2000, is expected to announce soon a series of reforms including the abolition of state of emergency in force since 1963 and that in fact deprives citizens of most rights.

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