A new governor was appointed to the Syrian protest hub of Daraa on Monday while a Facebook group urged rallies in honour of those killed in previous demonstrations.President Bashar
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“The residents of Daraa want more than a switch in governor — they want the security services to stop oppressing them, the emergency law lifted, property rights respected, the detained freed and freedom of expression guaranteed,” one activist told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Residents of Daraa had accused the former governor of postponing the acquisition of property rights and preventing farmers from drilling water wells for irrigation. A lawmaker from the region issued a scathing indictment in parliament, accusing security forces of opening fire “without mercy” and criticising the president for not offering his condolences.
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The commission charged with replacing SyriaÂ’s emergency law with new legislation will conclude its work by Friday, a newspaper close to the government reported.
“Sources within the commission tasked with studying the removal of the emergency law said it would, by Friday, finish formulating the necessary legislation to replace the emergency law,” the Al-Watan newspaper said.
Lifting SyriaÂ’s emergency law, in place since the end of 1962, has been a central demand of protesters in three weeks of pro-reform rallies across the country.
Al-Watan said the commission’s work is inspired by the “experience and legal frameworks of the United States, the United Kingdom and France, while taking into account both the dignity and safety of all citizens”.
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President Bashar al-Assad had set April 25 as the deadline for the judicial commission to complete the task of drafting new legislation to replace emergency rule.
The law, which paved the way for the ruling Baath party to declare a state of emergency when it took power in 1963, imposes restrictions on public gatherings and movements, authorises interrogation of any individual and surveillance of personal communication as well as official control of the media.