Once again, the Arab League has failed to put an end to the grave humanitarian crisis of the Syrian people. It has proven to be incompetent in ending the violence of the current regime. During the Arab League’s Observer Mission, security forces continued business as usual, carrying out executions of peaceful protesters, massive arrest and torture campaigns while enforcing economic sanctions and pressure on the areas of protests.
The Syrian people have lost confidence in the Arab League’s ability to stop the regime’s ongoing bloodshed. It is clear that the regime has been pulling the country towards chaos and destruction while the Arab League remains stagnant.
The LCC views the extension of the Arab League’s observer mission as another deadline for the regime’s killing machine and a form of support in suppressing the Revolution while Syrian society is being obliterated. The regime succeeded in transforming the first Arab League initiative into its own agenda and was in control of its course and content. During the Arab League’s mission, as part of the protocol, 795 people were martyred in the first month, making it a failure in accomplishing all of its initiatives, including the withdrawal of army troops from the cities, ending the daily killings, releasing detainees or clarifying the fate of missing persons.
The LCC finds the Arab League Ministerial Committee’s proposal unattainable and lacking proper implementation mechanism. Thus far, it has not nor will it put an end to the regime’s brutality.
The Syrian people will not accept any agreement without a comprehensive and a radical change to this regime of repression and corruption. They demand all killers be tried in a court of law, and to be reimbursed of its national wealth that was plundered.
To pressure the Syrian regime into complying with the Syrian people’s demands, we call on the Arab League Ministerial Committee’s of Foreign Affairs to declare the failure of its mission in Syria and to seek assistance from the United Nations.