Syrian Constitutional Committee convenes its 6th round
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the co-chairs of the Syrian Constitutional Committee met in the presence of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, in preparation for the start of the sixth round of dialogue on Monday.
Pedersen met with the delegations of the Syrian government headed by Ahmad Kuzbari and the opposition headed by Hadi al-Bahra.
The meeting is the first of its kind since the start of the work of the Constitutional Committee.
“It will be focusing on setting the dates for the upcoming sessions,” the media office of the opposition delegation said.
Prior to the preliminary meeting between the co-chairs and Pedersen, Hadi al-Bahra, said that the current sixth session will discuss the proposed formulations of the basic principles of the constitution, in accordance with the mechanism agreed upon.
On September 28, Pedersen had announced the date of the current session.
“The Small Body will meet in Geneva on October 18.Hence invitations have been issued for a sixth session of the committee,” Pedersen told the Security Council in briefing.
“Following eight months of intensive work with the co-chairs (of the committee), I am pleased to announce that the co-chairs will meet, for the first time, the day before to prepare the session,” he said.
The Constitutional Committee has a Large and a Small Body: the Large Body comprises 150 members: 50 members of the government, 50 of the opposition, and 50 of civil society. While the Small Body comprises 45 members: 15 members for each party.
Both the opposition-nominated Hadi al-Bahra and the government-nominated Ahmad Kuzbari are the co-chairs of the Constitutional Committee.