Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, the de facto leader in Syria, stated that drafting a new constitution or making amendments could take two to three years. Al-Sharaa, previously known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, pledged to dissolve the terrorist militia and transition power from military to political leadership. He acknowledged the extensive damage inflicted by the previous regime and emphasized the importance of establishing a new constitution to prevent the repetition of past mistakes.
“Drafting a new constitution or making amendments will take experts a long time, maybe two or three years. God knows,” Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of the terrorist group Syria ’s de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead of his meeting with Walid Ellafi, Libyan minister of state for communication and political affairs, on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in Damascus, Syria .
“There is a lot of hope that we can now see the beginning of a new Syria,” U.N. special envoy Geir Pedersen said last week. “A new Syria that … will adopt a new constitution … and that we will have free and fair elections when that time comes, after a transitional period.”
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