UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Friday that the Syrian regime rejects any role of the United Nations in the selection of the "third list" to form a constitutional committee mandated to amend the Constitution of the country; in preparation for holding elections under the auspices of the United Nations.

The Syrian regime and the Russians impose their vision on choosing the "third list," which is supposed to be formed by the "independents" and are trying to put names loyal to Moscow and Cairo, which is rejected by Turkey, which leads to the obstruction of the file.

According to the results of the Sochi Conference, de Mistura selects the members of the committee equally out of 50 names submitted by Turkey on behalf of the Syrian opposition, 50 others submitted by Russia on behalf of the Syrian regime, and 50 independents chosen by the United Nations.

The UN envoy announced recently that he will not be able to resolve the committee's complex before the end of his mandate to the Syrian file by the United Nations, and went to Damascus a few days ago to meet with Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and discuss the matter with him.

De Mistura said in his statement today during a special session in the Security Council to discuss the Syrian file: Al-Moallem rejected any role of the United Nations in the selection of the third list in the Constitution Committee, and assured him that the issue is "sensitive and concerns the Syrian sovereignty."

He pointed out that there was disagreement about the role of the United Nations in the Syrian Constitution Committee, and that Al-Moallem called for the withdrawal of the United Nations for the third list prepared by.

The third list is called the "list of independents", the "third third", the "de Mistura" list or the "civil society" list.

What are the details of the dispute?

The spokesman for the Syrian Negotiation Commission, "Yahya Aridi" earlier said: The differences on the third list already exist, and is supposed to be the basic structure of civil society organizations and technical experts, tribes and the various components, all independent neutrals.

The dispute, according to Aridi, was reported by Syrian television about "the insistence of supporters of the Assad regime, specifically Russia, to be the third third (civil society) in the constitutional committee in favor of the regime, in addition to reducing the role of the United Nations in this regard."

He added that there were also differences over who will chair the constitutional committee after the selection of 15 people selected by "de Mistura" of the three lists, where each party calls for the chair of the Committee to be one of its representatives.

Turkish-Russian disagreement over the third list

Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Gawishoglu announced last month that there were disagreements with the Russians over the formation of the constitutional committee, specifically on the list of civil society organizations, "the list of independents", but it is likely that these differences will be overcome within a month of its history or within the current year as far as possible.

His Russian counterpart "Sergei Lavrov" a few days later said: that his country sees no reason to hasten the establishment of the Syrian Constitutional Commission, calling for not to "artificial dates to start work," saying that "the important is quality."

Turkey hopes today to be able to overcome the node of the Constitutional Committee with Russia through the four-way summit held in Istanbul with the participation of Germany and France.

"We hope this summit will take the steps and announce the road map towards a political settlement in Syria clearly, in addition to forming a committee to draft the constitution," said a spokesman for the Turkish presidency.

Turkey sees the Istanbul summit as a link between the "Astana and Geneva" tracks, and sees no alternative to a political solution supported by the international community and the United Nations, but Russia wants to raise funds for "reconstruction" and "repatriation".

The Kremlin said in a statement two days ago that it had reached agreements or "breakthroughs" during the summit, saying it was just a "good watch yard" and a "very intersting" new formula because it includes two major European countries and two countries with the greatest involvement in Syrian developments. On the ground, "Russia and Turkey, on the other.

"We have said that it is wrong, it seems, to talk about the summit being held with a view to reaching specific agreements. It is obvious that this is not the case, and we have to be realistic about this," said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. To set our hours and find possible areas for joint action, this is an excellent arena to achieve these goals. "

A second attempt to circumvent the demands of the Syrian revolution

The Syrian regime amended the constitution in February 2012 in an attempt to circumvent the demands of the Syrian People's Revolution and reduce it with a few written articles that are not respected.

"The State guarantees freedom of the press, printing, publishing and the media and its independence in accordance with the law," and "Citizens have the right to meet, demonstrate peacefully and strike in accordance with the principles of the Constitution. The law regulates the exercise of these rights."

"Every citizen has the right to express his or her opinion freely and openly by saying or writing," he said, or by all means of expression ".

"The State's political system is based on the principle of political pluralism, power is exercised democratically by ballot," and "houses are protected and may not be entered or searched except by order of the competent judicial authority and in the circumstances set forth in the law. "

What after the amendment of the Constitution?

The sponsors of the Geneva process are reluctant to delve into the post-constitutional details, but generally speak of "free elections" under the auspices of the United Nations.

The United Nations has yet to elaborate or explain the mechanism for holding such free elections and how to ensure its credibility with the Syrian regime's control over large parts of the country and the impossibility of its commitment to fair elections.

Bashar al-Assad had won the presidency of the country again in the "elections" in 2014 by 88.7% despite the huge revolution in the country against him and against the elements of his regime.

The United Nations and Western nations ignore the fact that indefinite violations of the regime of the Constitution make it a mere attempt to circumvent the fundamental problem of Assad's existence and power, but that they will not accept his "ultimate" survival.