{"id":123166,"date":"2025-03-14T09:41:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=123166"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:41:36","slug":"sdc-rejects-constitutional-declaration-warns-of-authoritarianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/123166\/","title":{"rendered":"SDC rejects constitutional declaration, warns of authoritarianism\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) announced on Friday its complete rejection of the constitutional declaration issued by the transitional authorities in Damascus, stating that the draft \u201creproduces authoritarianism in a new form.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its statement, the SDC criticized the draft for entrenching centralized rule, granting the executive branch unchecked powers, restricting 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