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The international envoy charged with pushing to end Syria’s civil war called on Thursday for the formation of a transitional government with “full executive powers” to run the country until new elections can be held. Lakhdar Brahimi is apparently seeking to revive a peace plan launched by world powers in Geneva in June that never took off because neither side was interested in carrying it out.<\/p>\n
The original Geneva plan called for the establishment of a national unity government with full executive powers that could include members of Assad’s government, the opposition and other groups. It was to oversee the drafting of a new constitution and elections.<\/p>\n
Because of Russian objections, that plan did not call specifically for Assad’s ouster, nor did it ban him from participation in the new government \u2014 making it a non-starter with the opposition.<\/p>\n
“The Syrian people seek genuine change,” Brahimi told reporters in Damascus, adding that the transitional period “must not lead to the collapse of the state or the state’s institutions.”<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Brahimi did not specify how his plan would treat Assad, and said it still needed to be determined whether the called-for elections would be for president or parliament.<\/p>\n
The Syrian government did not immediately comment on Brahimi’s suggestion.<\/p>\n
In Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevic said Russia is trying to revive the June plan. He also reaffirmed Moscow’s objection to calls for Assad’s ouster.<\/p>\n
Anti-regime activists say more than 40,000 people have been killed since crisis began in March 2011.<\/p>\n
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