Oppositionist says figures of opposition SNC linked with Syrian government
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – When brigadier Mehiyadin al-Harmoush spoke up that some members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) are connected with the Syrian government, he was instantly silenced by the SNC’s president who ordered him not to mention the names, said Hatim al-Thaher, member of the Free National Assembly (political body affiliated with the SNC).
In early April, the SNC fired 14 of its members.
The sacked members released a statement, on Tuesday, calling on the SNC to set up an independent committee to start investigations into al-Harmoush’s statement during the 61st session of the General Board on March 30/31.
Al-Thaher, who is also a representative of the assembly and among the sacked members, told North Press that everybody (members of the SNC in the session) started to doubt himself even the SNC’s president himself.
In regard to the investigation committee, al-Thaher said it was a demand for the whole Syrians to uncover and hold accountable the figures who had ties with the Syrian government.
He noted that al-Harmoush’s statement on social media was “true”. “I was there when he spoke up that there are some members of the SNC who have connections with the Syrian government. al-Harmoush said he had the proofs.”
Al-Thaher quoted al-Harmoush as saying that the government provided him with names of the SNC’s members who had links with the Syrian government.
“al-Harmoush was ready to mention the names, but the SNC’s president Salem al-Meslet interrupted him ordering him not to unfold any identities.”
Salem al-Meslet, then, said he would establish a committee headed by al-Harmoush and two other persons to investigate the authenticity of the information.
Al-Thaher stressed, “everyone knows the SNC’s president behavior was to make the issue less important.”
“We declared our withdrawal from the SNC and we stopped dealing with it or with any institutions affiliated with it,” al-Thaher added.
According to the member of the Free National Assembly, only seven or ten persons within the SNC are in power, “they are the decision makers and are to be blamed for the destruction of this institution (referring to the SNC) while the rest of the members are foregone conclusion.”