Algeria lifts emergency state

Algerian cabinet approved Tuesday a draft bill banning a legislative decree on emergency state extension, Algerian Press Agency (APS) reported citing an official release.

• “The draft bill will enter into force once it is published on the Official Journal soon,” said the same release.
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• The cabinet approved four draft bills including the emergency state lifting-related decree.
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• Algerian stipulated the emergency state on February 6^th, 1993 and a legislative decree was promulgated on February 9^th, 1992 to extend the emergency state.
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• The cabinet approved a draft bill about the Popular National Army’s contribution in the mission of protecting general order out of exceptional cases.
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• The release says this comes as part of having recourse to the Popular National Army’s units to meet counter-terrorism and devastation requirements.
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• The cabinet approved a draft bill about the use and mobilisation of the army to counter terrorism and devastation. The army is in charge of coordinating counter-terrorism operations.
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• Modalities of the presidential decree implementation will be determined through a joint decision between the national defence and interior ministers.
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• According to the release, those texts will not create any new situation but they allow to the army to continue fighting terrorism until the expected purpose.