Arabic → English transcript

Good evening, different groups of Syrians with different demands are holding

sit- ins in all Syrian cities.

The CSE channel is going to bring you today both sides’ demands. We do not have

any demands. The ones who have demands are the remnants and

traitors who are standing on that side. So what are you? We are the good ones,

the ones who are with the state.

Look, they are even holding a blank sheet of paper at the sit- in.

Show it, show it, See how? We do not need anything. So why did you leave the house?

What do you want? We want nothing

to be achieved from anything those people on the other side are asking for.

And most of their demands are filthy, like mixing of the sexes

and wearing skirts and other filthy things that do not suit our society, you know.

We only want the constitution, and as soon as possible.

What exactly are you expecting from the constitution?

It is going to make us understand how the country will be run,

and how it will guarantee Syrians’ rights in all their groups.

Look, my dear, there are two groups. The group that respects itself,

the one that is with the state and its decisions, like me and the good guys here,

and the group that wants to run wild and dress… The skirt, those ones.

But they do not want to wear a skirt. They do not want to wear a skirt?

So they want to strip naked or what?

Meaning the government is not doing its job? Whatever they do,

without a constitution, it is a disaster.

Look, if one day you went and bought a coffee machine and turned it on,

will it give you coffee right away?

How much coffee do you need to put in it? How much water does it need?

How do you clean it? Where do you go if it breaks? There is a book, like a manual,

that comes with the machine so you know how to make a cup of coffee.

Well, this is a country, does it not need a rule book?

The rule of blind obedience from the citizen to the government, that is it,

there is nothing else.

Why is the constitution not what guarantees that the government does its job?

My sister, they are working,

they are doing their job and more.

The president raised our salaries and issued a general amnesty. Did you all get

a general amnesty, guys? See how kindhearted he is? All of those people

were in prison. So who writes the constitution?

We do of course, the people through our representatives.