The People's Will Party () is a
communist party in
Syria
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.
History
In 2000, shortly after the convention of the 9th Congress of the
Syrian Communist Party, 80% of the membership of Damascus organization of the party were expelled. As this illegitimate procedure was widened to cover more party organizations all over Syria, the affected comrades and party organizations formed the National Committee for the Unity of the Syrian Communists, which re-published the Qassioun newspaper. The new party is not affiliated with the
National Progressive Front, which brought together the ruling
Ba'ath Party and other legal parties.
In 2012, the communist group formed an officially registered party known as the People's Will Party that convened its 10th Periodical, 1st after registration, Congress in June 2013. The party ran independent candidates in the parliamentary elections in
2003 and
2007 but failed to win any seats. Nonetheless, in the parliamentary elections of 2012, the
Popular Front for Change and Liberation, a coalition formed by the PWP, took 5 seats. The Party joined the demonstrations at the start of the 2011 Syrian Crisis, and a number of its activists in
Damascus
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,
Homs
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and
Deir ez-Zor were killed by the governmental police and other services, while others were detained or arrested in other Syrian governorates. As the Syrian popular movement turned
armed and violent, the PWP continued with its humanitarian aid and mediation efforts in some conflict zones. The PWP seeks a comprehensive, radical and democratic change of the regime as a whole, not only the removal of the president. Economically, the party supports a reversal of liberalization reforms that started in 2005 and laid the foundation for the social and political unrest in Syria. It supports the creation of a strong national economy.
Dr.
Kadri Jamil, one of PWP Council Secretaries, was a member of the committee that drafted amendments to the
Constitution of Syria in response to the
2011 Syrian protests. The amendments were approved in the
Syrian constitutional referendum in 2012 and allowed
multiparty elections in Syria.
In 2025, following the fall of the Ba'athist government and the creation of the Syrian Interim Government the party joined a new organisation known as the “Syrian Equal Citizenship Alliance,” or “Tamasuk”. Upon joining Tamasuk, the People's Will Party called for a "unified Syria” under a single state and single army and called for a “just, democratic solution to the Kurdish issue.” It is the first organised political alliance in Syria outside of the government since the fall of the Ba'athist regime.
Leadership
In organization, the People's Will Party follows
democratic centralism. Nonetheless, it has no assignment for a secretary-general; instead, the collective leadership of the members of the Central Council that are elected in the General Conference rules the party. The Central Council elects its members of the Syrian
Presidium and members of the Secretariat to undertake daily tasks.
Parliamentary elections
References
External links
Website of the People's Will Party's newspaper Qassioun (Arabic and English)
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2012 establishments in Syria
Communist parties in Syria
Political parties established in 2012
Political parties in Syria