Ibrahim al-Amin (Al-Akhbar) énumère, de manière pas toujours logique, les ambitions de l’opposition syrienne qui vient de se donner un premier ministre par intérim, sous la « pression de certains pays comme la France, la Grande-Bretagne, la Turquie, le Qatar et l’Arabie saoudite » :
– Unifier les diverses composantes politiques et militaires syriennes - y compris le Front Al-Nosra ;
– Occuper le siège vacant de la Syrie au sein de la Ligue arabe et dans d’autres instances arabes ;
– Etre perçue comme l’égal du régime de Damas dans la perspective de futures négociations et se présenter comme le seul et unique représentant du peuple syrien ;
– Ecarter ceux qui, au sein de la coalition, ont accepté le principe d’un dialogue avec le régime, comme Moaz al-Khatib (Président de la Coalition Nationale Syrienne) ;
– Obtenir des avancées sur le terrain de manière à contrecarrer toute velléité américano-russe, avec ou sans le truchement de Lakhdar Brahimi, de contraindre à un dialogue avec Damas.
Why the Rush to Form a Syrian Opposition Interim Government?
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/why-rush-form-syrian-opposition-interim-government
By: Ibrahim al-Amin, editor-in-chief of Al-Akhbar.
Published Thursday, March 21, 2013
“Syrian opposition groups only took the step of naming a head of an interim transitional government as a result of pressure, on the one hand, from France and Britain, and Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia on the other.
But what does this move signify, and what does it add to the agenda?
They want the interim government to be the go-to place for any inquiries about the opposition – including armed groups on the ground. For one thing, the Syrian opposition’s sponsors believe it provides them with a fresh opportunity to unite various opposition groups. They see the process of forming an interim government as a means of bringing them all together by providing them with representation and resources.
They want the interim government to be the go-to place for any inquiries about the opposition – including armed groups on the ground – as well as the sole provider and distributor of money, arms, and supplies. They hope that by channeling aid through it, all the political and paramilitary opposition factions will gradually be forced to accept it.”
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