Syrian National Council chief Burhan Ghalioun said Thursday he is resigning to avert divisions within the so-called Syrian opposition bloc, after activists on the ground accused him of monopolizing power

Syrian National Council chief Burhan Ghalioun said Thursday he is resigning to avert divisions within the so-called Syrian opposition bloc, after activists on the ground accused him of monopolizing power.
  
"I will not allow myself to be the candidate of division, I am not attached to a position, so I announce that I will step down after a new candidate has been chosen, either by consensus or through new elections," said Ghalioun.
  
He claimed he would remain an SNC member "hand-in-hand with the young people who struggle, the young people of the revolution of dignity and freedom, until victory".