The opposition claimed the new law is ` ` constitutionalizing dictatorship '' This stipulation , Al Bounni said , makes it impossible for opposition parties to establish a presence , despite the new law . Sunday protests fell on the heels of Cabinet approval of a reform bill . Images posted online showed public spaces filled with anti - regime protesters . This renewed claims of arrest made by President Bashir al - Assad 's regime .
The opposition claimed the new law is ` ` constitutionalizing dictatorship '' Sunday protests fell on the heels of Cabinet approval of a reform bill . Images posted online showed public spaces filled with anti - regime protesters . This renewed claims of arrest made by President Bashir al - Assad 's regime .