Arab tribes in Raqqa welcome social contract of Syria’s AANES
TABQA, Syria (North Press) – Tribal sheikhs and dignitaries in the city of Tabqa, north Syria, said on Thursday that is required of the social contract is not to widen the gap between the ruling elites and the people.
On February 12, the committee for drafting the social contract for the Autonomous Administration completed its work on discussing the Articles of the draft of social contract in Hasakah.
“One of the priorities that the social contract should work on is preserving the rights of the people without discrimination,” Abdulrahman Jadoua, the sheikh of the Na’aim tribe, told North Press
“The officials in northeastern Syria should, through the new social contract, “find a formula for closer rapprochement with segments of society,” he added.
“The Arab tribes in northeast Syria welcomed the new social contract, and hoped it will bring stability and progress to the region,” he said.The draft of the new social contract consists of 95 amendable articles. It consists of detailed clauses explaining the mechanism of work in the institutions, the management system and the basic principles in northeast Syria.
The committee consists of 157 members who are representatives of the AANES, political parties, civil society institutions, human rights and jurists, as well as social and tribal activities.
“The people will submit their proposals for the draft by holding mass meetings across areas of the AANES,” Mariam Ibrahim, a member of the Social Contract in Raqqa said.
“The mass meetings are like direct popular referendum and will be convened across areas of the AANES at the same time,” Ibrahim added.
The new AANES Social Contract consists of 95 articles, increasable, and contains detailed items illustrating the mechanism of the work in the AANES institutions and the system as well as the basic principles in NE Syria.