Syrien: Kommen Assads Reformen zu spät?

23.04.2011

Die Gewalt in Syrien eskaliert. Am Freitag sollen bei Massenprotesten erneut mehr als 100 Menschen ums Leben gekommen sein.

Ein Überblick von Al Jazeera:

Die Opposition gibt sich mit den Ankündigungen neuer Reformen nicht zufrieden. Auch die Aufhebung des Notstandsgesetz kann nach den jüngsten Ereignissen nicht mehr ernst genommen werden.

Aufgrund dieser Tatsache lohnt es sich durchaus, noch einmal das Interview von Syriens Präsident Baschar al-Assad mit dem Wall Street Journal vom 31. Januar 2011 (bevor es die Proteste in dieser Dimension gab) zu lesen.

Auf die Frage, ob er angesichts der Ereignisse in Tunesien und Ägypten einige Reformen beschleunigen sollte, sagte Assad damals, dass Reformen immer als Aktion und nicht als Reaktion umgesetzt werden sollten. Kommen sie als Reaktion auf ein Ereignis, sei es zu spät.

Ob Assad diese Aussage auch heute noch so treffen würde?

Hier die Passage im Originaltext:

WSJ: From what we have seen in Tunisia and Egypt in the recent weeks, does it make you think there are some reforms you should be accelerating? And is there any concern that what is happening in Egypt could infect Syria?

President Assad: If you did not see the need for reform before what happened in Egypt and in Tunisia, it is too late to do any reform. This is first. Second, if you do it just because of what happened in Tunisia and Egypt, then it is going to be a reaction, not an action; and as long as what you are doing is a reaction you are going to fail. So, it is better to have it as a conviction because you are convinced of it, and this is something we talk about in every interview and every meeting. We always say that we need reform but what kind of reform. This is first. Second, if you want to make a comparison between what is happening in Egypt and Syria, you have to look from a different point: why is Syria stable, although we have more difficult conditions? Egypt has been supported financially by the United States, while we are under embargo by most countries of the world. We have growth although we do not have many of the basic needs for the people. Despite all that, the people do not go into an uprising. So it is not only about the needs and not only about the reform. It is about the ideology, the beliefs and the cause that you have. There is a difference between having a cause and having a vacuum. So, as I said, we have many things in common but at the same time we have some different things.

Das ganze Interview beim Wall Street Journal: Interview With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

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