Appointment Instead of Election... Regime Confiscates Lawyers' Will and Appoints Bar Association Head

Appointment Instead of Election... Regime Confiscates Lawyers' Will and Appoints Bar Association Head
Party-Decreed Appointment of Bar Association Head Confirms Syrian Regime's Continued Approach of Seizing Professional and Union Institutions, Converting Them into Tools for Consolidating Authoritarian
November 19, 2024, 8:20 pm

القضاء السوري ( تعبيرية)

The Syrian regime continues to violate laws and customs, as the ruling Baath Party leadership replaced democratic will with top-down appointment, announcing Hikmat Fardawi as Syria's Bar Association head.

The Syrian regime deliberately violated legal texts explicitly requiring the "election" of the head. The elected 11-lawyer council, including 8 winners from the "National Unity" list, was supposed to democratically choose a head, deputy, and secretary.

The official page ignored any electoral process, only announcing the Baath Party Central Leadership Committee's "appointment" of Fardawi as head, "Osama Abu Al-Fadl" as deputy, and "Rana Al-Madani" as secretary.

This intervention confirms the regime's policy of extending absolute control over professional unions, turning them into facades serving its interests and strengthening its grip on society.

This repressive practice reflects Damascus regime's established approach of confiscating union and professional freedoms, emptying them of democratic content by imposing party guardianship over their decisions and operations.

This step adds to the Syrian regime's long series of violations against lawyers' rights and their union's independence, attempting to control legal institutions and ensure their submission to ruling authority directives.

This practice represents another blow to judiciary and legal profession independence in Syria, as the regime continues consolidating control over professional institutions and unions, transforming them into executive arms for its repressive policies.

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