DAMASCUS, SANA_ President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday said the sensitive circumstances which our country is passing through necessitate us to be more courageous, strong and more responsible.
" We pay tribute and honor the souls of innocent civilian and military martyrs," President al-Assad addressed the people's Assembly on the occasion of its 1st legislative term, saying that the martyrs blood will not be wasted.
Addressing the Parliament President al-Assad said "Performing your legislative and supervising duties can't be done in best way unless possessing a clear developmental vision based on constructive dialogue and communication with the citizens,"
The President added that concentrating on the supervising role of the Assembly should not ignore its partnership role with the executive authority.
The president said: " We confront a big part of the campaign against Syria with reforms and building a strong fortress in the face of regional and international ambitions,"
He added: "It is our duty towards our people who proved their ability and succeeded to overcome very difficult national tests to upgrade our performance to the level of its awareness and steadfastness,"
He stressed that conducting people's Assembly elections as scheduled slapped those who wanted that Syria closes in on itself, drowns in the blood of its people.
President al-Assad said "A year and a half after the crisis has begun, things became clear and masks were removed… the international role in what is taking place was exposed since decades ...colonialism remains unchanged but its methods and faces are changing and the regional role exposed itself." President al-Assad added that after all the pure blood that were shed, we need a lot of reason and to learn from the people who were able to decode the conspiracy from the beginning...
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