Al-Assad cabinet meeting on improving administrative performance

President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday presided over a meeting for the Cabinet held at al-Shaab (the people) palace. It was attended by the prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro, the deputies for the prime minister and the cabinet ministers and dedicated to the issue of administrative modernization in Syria and proposed means to revitalize it.

Al-Assad talked about the importance of administrative modernization as a basic entrance towards achieving economic reforms in Syria. He stressed the need that the government should make it clear to citizens the priorities embarked on in the administrative administration operation.

It was stressed that ministries will complete the process of administrative restructuring before January 2003, and to specify main posts in the government beginning with the post of the deputy minister and the directors of central directorates in the ministries and public sides, and then a study to found an administrative body in charge of monitoring administrative modernization and developing human resources.