Syrian Opposition Suffers Divisions, Ghalion Ready to Resign
Syria's main opposition council is crumbling under the weight of infighting and divisions over issues that cut to the heart of the opposition's body.
These titles include accusations that the opposition leadership became autocratic.
On Thursday, head of Syria's main opposition council, the so-called Syrian National Council (SNC), announced that he was ready to step down once a replacement is found.
The decision came just days after the SNC head Borhan Ghalion was re-elected for a third, three month term during a council vote held in Rome. The council has said it would rotate the presidency every three months, so Ghalion's repeated appointments rankled some who wanted a new face.
"I will not accept under any circumstances to be a divisive candidate, and I am not after any post," Ghalion claimed.
He further said that "he will resign as soon as a new candidate is picked, either by consensus or new elections."
Some opposition figures accuse the SNC leadership of being out of touch with reality on the ground. Several prominent dissidents have already quit the organization.
In this context, "as-Safir" Lebanese daily reported Friday that "after the recent withdrawal of Fawaz Tello in protest against Ghalion's re-election, the Local Coordinating Committees (LCC) extension, threatened to freeze its membership and withdraw of the SNC."
"We have seen nothing in the past months except political incompetence in the SNC and a total lack of consensus between its vision and that of the revolutionaries," the LCC said.
It further accused the "SNC of drifting away from the spirit of the revolution."
According to "as-Safir", the representatives of the LCC Khalil al-Haji, Ibrahim Saleh, Hozan and Rima Fleihan have been boycotting the SNC meetings since two months ago.
The move came as a protest to the marginalization of what they called "the revolutionary" movement.
Source: as-Safir Lebanese daily, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
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