Akram, the Angry Arab correspondent in Syria, sent me this:
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Two weeks
after its launch,"Proponents and opponents together for an instant ceasefire", a Syrian
group on Facebook, has announced it has
finally presented, through a Syrian party that it hasn't specified, an
application to the Syrian Ministry of Interior asking to organize a "peaceful"
demonstration calling on for a negotiated solution for the Syrian crises
accompanied with an instant and synchronized halt of fighting, releasing the
political detainees and full political freedoms in the country while refusing
any external intervention whatsoever and supporting the resistance in Lebanon
against "the Israeli enemy".
"It
was impossible to apply for the license before due to the attacks we've faced by
the two sides where one side was accusing us of being a part of the conspiracy,
while the other was describing us of being Shabiha. As the concept is now
clear, we are able to apply for a license without risking the applicants or the
participants lives", said the group in a statement published on its Facebook
page in justification of the delay in applying for the license, describing the
event as being "under the umbrella of a number of political parties".
The
statement said that the sit-in, initially scheduled for September 15, could be
postponed on week in case the license hasn't been issued in a timely manner. It
is worthy to mention that, under the Syrian "peaceful demonstrations act",
demonstrations organizers are required to apply for a license, at least five
days before the scheduled date of their event.
The
initiative has been, initially, launched earlier in last August and received
mixed reactions ranged from the welcoming ones to skepticism, accusations and
direct insults. Remarkably, the initiative is being supported by the "National
Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria" and the "Movement for Building
the Syrian State", two main opposition bodies activating inside Syria, while
four coordination committees (local groups of activists opposing the
Syrian regime) operating in Damascus issued a supportive
statement.
The
ball is in the court of the Syrian regime which has a unique and maybe a final
opportunity to discredit all the talks about its elusive behavior and its
unwillingness of reaching a peaceful solution of the bloody crisis that is
ravaging the country."
