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Syria’s new authorities announced Wednesday that Ahmed al-Sharaa, who took the helm after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster last month, has been appointed interim president and tasked with forming a transitional legislature, state media reported.<\/p>\n
A rebel alliance led by Sharaa’s Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ousted Assad on December 8 after a lightning offensive, ending five decades of his family’s rule, with a transitional government previously installed to steer the country until March 1.<\/p>\n
Sharaa was appointed “as the country’s president in the transitional phase”, state news agency SANA reported, quoting military official Hassan Abdel Ghani, without specifying a timeframe, adding that he would also represent the country “in international forums”.<\/p>\n
Sharaa was tasked with forming “a temporary legislative council… until a permanent constitution for the country is decided”, SANA said, adding that the Assad-era parliament had been dissolved and the 2012 constitution suspended.<\/p>\n
The announcements came during a conference on “the victory of the Syrian revolution” that was also attended by Sharaa, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and the heads of armed factions.<\/p>\n
Abdel Ghani also announced the dissolution of all armed groups involved in Assad’s ouster, as well as the former government’s army and security agencies.<\/p>\n
“All military factions and political and civil revolutionary bodies are dissolved and integrated into state institutions”, SANA reported Abdel Ghani as saying.<\/p>\n
‘Civil peace’<\/strong><\/p>\n He also announced “the dissolution of the defunct regime’s army”, security agencies “and all the militias it established, and the formation of a new security apparatus that preserves citizens’ security” and the “reconstruction of the Syrian army”.<\/p>\n The Syrian army has effectively collapsed, along with the other instruments of Assad’s rule.<\/p>\n The Baath party which ruled Syria for decades was also dissolved, SANA reported.<\/p>\n In a speech at the event, Sharaa set out Syria’s priorities as “filling the power vacuum, preserving civil peace, rebuilding state institutions and working to construct a development-oriented economy”, SANA said.<\/p>\n “The mission of the victorious is heavy, and their responsibility is immense,” Sharaa added.<\/p>\n Last month, he said it could take four years before elections could be held, and up to three years to rewrite the country’s constitution.<\/p>\n Authorities had previously spoken of a national dialogue conference that would bring together Syrians of all political stripes, but SANA made no mention of any such conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n HTS, rooted in Syria’s Al-Qaeda branch, is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by many governments including the United States, though it has recently sought to moderate its rhetoric and vowed to protect Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n Since Assad’s ouster, a succession of Western diplomats have visited Syria to call for an inclusive transition.<\/p>\n (AFP)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n