trust as an imperative for political progress

In our previous papers , our main focus was the constitutional process. This paper underlines what hinders the moving-forward of this process, which we believe to be the lack of confidence-building measures. Thus, trust has been a pressing issue since the outbreak of the Syrian movement.
The opposition was not convinced by the vision Buthaina Shaaban presented to journalists after the meeting of leaders of the Baath party, and time has proven that this mistrust was well-placed since the Baath party still plays a central role in the decision-making of the Syrian government.
On the other hand, the Syrian government did not believe in the legitimacy of the demands of the Syrian people, but aimed to preserve its power at all costs. This is confirmed by the Syrian president himself, when questioned about the decaying of the «modernization» program, and replacing political reform with economic approaches.
Both the historical context, thus, and the answers given by respondents (more than 50 people) underlines the lack of trust, the suspicion and mutual fear between Syrian men and women.
Our goal in this survey was to collect insights and key ideas to embark on an exploratory path in building trust.
This space, in addition to its importance in the process of negotiation is inherent to every stage. It begins with open dialogue and reaches its end goal when real partnership leads to reform, restoring respect to and trust in institutions.
Without a doubt, interest plays an important role, as it establishes convergence but it does not build trust. Therefore, we have neglected the economic factor to focus on past conflicts that hinder, according to Syrian respondents, the process of building trust.
We worked on formulating the question within the framework of the Syrian context, that is, the responsibility of Syrian men and women towards their country and towards a future that values progress and diversity.
The reader may be shocked by the level of discontent, pessimism, and harshness of the demands.
However, as negative as the general atmosphere may seem, it paints a real picture of the situation.
Our main goal is to clearly represent the root issues of the Syrian crisis, that is to say that what is taking place today in terms of conflict over military equipment is not the essence of the issue, but rather its repercussion.
The Syrian crisis is a first and foremost a constitutional and political issue!
Farooq Haji Mustafa

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