Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi, who is visiting Damascus Wednesday, will propose that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad set up a multi-party government and hold elections in three years, an Arab newspaper reported.
The London-based Al-Hayat said on Tuesday that Arabi, who was tasked by Arab foreign ministers with relaying the proposal, will also ask Assad to free political prisoners and compensate those wounded in a six-month uprising.
The proposal, agreed at an Arab foreign ministers' meeting last month in Cairo, calls for a "clear declaration of principles affirming (Assad's) commitment to... a pluralistic government and to use his powers to speed up reforms."
It also demands an immediate end to the Syrian government's crackdown on anti-regime protests.
At the August 27 meeting, the Arab ministers had called for an end the bloodshed "before it is too late" and for "respecting the right of the Syrian people to live in security and respecting their legitimate aspirations for political and social reforms."
More than 2,200 people have been killed in Syria since the almost daily mass protests began, according to the United Nations. Assad's regime says it is fighting foreign-backed "armed terrorist gangs."
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