Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
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's government and foreign-sponsored opposition representatives.
"When an article or two of any standing constitution are amended, it becomes a new constitution. It will be subjected to a referendum. We didn’t only speak about discussing the current constitution, and we don’t exclude discussing a new constitution as these are the rules of procedures ... We are committed to them, thereby, before going to a new constitution, we should discuss the current one, which has witnessed a popular approbation after a referendum" Muallem said in an exclusive interview with Russia's RT Arabic television news network on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations
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General Assembly in New York on Sunday.
He added, "But if we don’t reach an agreement with the other side, we don’t mind discussing another constitution, but not a ready-made one."
The top Syrian diplomat further noted that the Damascus government abides by the principles of the constitutional body announced a few days ago, and does not accept any violation, as it views the new committee a significant achievement for the Syrian nation.
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