Follow-up Committee complains about lack of seriousness in holding the corrupt accountable
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – The lack of seriousness in the issue of accountability for the corrupt hindered the work of the committee despite the formation of the General Oversight Body, an official of the committee to follow up on the outcomes of the National Conference for the People of Jazira and the Euphrates in northeast Syria, said on Saturday.
At the end of 2020, a committee was formed to follow up on the outcomes of the National Conference for the People of Jazira and the Euphrates shortly after the conference was held by the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC).
Lawrence al-Borsan, a member of the follow-up committee emanating from the aforementioned committee, made a statement at the annual meeting to evaluate the outcomes of the conference.
The meeting, which was held in the city of Raqqa, was attended by politicians, intellectuals, civil activists, and officials of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
“The General Oversight Body’s subordination to the executive councils of the Autonomous Administration prevented the transfer of some corruption files to the Social Justice Council and the accountability of the corrupt,” al-Borsan added.
“The short period of the implementation of the outcomes was behind the band-aid solutions that do not match the aspirations of the participants in the conference,” he said during a report to the follow-up committee.
However, the Autonomous Administration said in its report at the meeting that it had counted 189 corruption cases in northeast Syria, some of which were referred to the judiciary and others still under investigation.
The National Conference for the People of Jazira and the Euphrates came out with 17 resolutions that dealt with administrative, political, economic, social, educational, military and security aspects of northeast Syria.