The Syrian People’s Assembly has taken significant steps toward dismantling discriminatory statutes and modernizing the country’s legal framework, al-Thawra writes.
The Syrian People’s Assembly has taken significant steps toward dismantling discriminatory statutes and modernizing the country’s legal framework, approving the repeal of a decades‑old property seizure law and reviewing a broad package of reforms spanning public sector employment, the penal code, real estate regulations, and national security
Abdul Nasser Houshan, Chairman of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, said the assembly has received three draft laws referred by the President of the Republic, in addition to a legislative proposal submitted by several members of parliament. He stressed that the assembly’s current priority is to review and abolish laws that have long imposed unjust burdens on large segments of society.
Speaking to Al‑Ikhbariya TV, Houshan outlined the details of the reform package. One of the central draft laws seeks to repeal a 2014 statute that reserved half of all public sector job vacancies for the families of deceased members of the “National Defence Forces” and affiliated militias. Houshan said the repeal aims to end employment discrimination and restore social equity, noting that the previous law granted preferential treatment to specific groups in violation of the Constitutional Declaration’s prohibition on discrimination.
Houshan also announced the assembly’s...
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