On the Necessity of a Political Parties Law as a Prelude to Democracy in Syria

On the Necessity of a Political Parties Law as a Prelude to Democracy in Syria

Nearly eighteen months after Syria’s liberation and the collapse of the Assad regime, the country still awaits a law to regulate political life and grant legitimacy to the formation of parties. Syrian society emerged from decades of authoritarianism and the devastation of war with its socio-political vitality severely eroded. In the resulting vacuum, traditional communal structures—family, tribe, region, and sect—have surged to the forefront. Ye…