Algerian president to announce the lifting of the state of emergency during the upcoming ministerial meeting

The Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has convened a meeting of the cabinet tomorrow Tuesday during which the ministers will endorse the decree concerning the lifting up of the state of emergency in addition to a draft project concerning possibility of the intervention of the national popular army to maintain public order apart from the exceptional situations.

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• Reliable sources have revealed to Echourok that the ministerial meeting will be the legal framework for the announcement of the lifting of the state of emergency in the sense that the meeting’s agenda comprises the legal provisions to be enacted in the future.
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• Three key issues will be discussed during this ministerial meeting including the decision to lift the state of emergency, secondly; a draft decree concerning the penal laws and another draft decree dealing with the intervention of the national popular army in maintaining public order.
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• The law concerning the lift of the state of emergency will come into effect immediately after its endorsement by the cabinet, without passing through the chambers of the parliament for discussion, knowing that the constitution allows the president to issue ordinances between the parliamentary sessions.
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• Moreover, the labor minster Tayeb Louh will present an exhaustive plan at the ministerial meeting concerning the new measures decide by his department to overhaul the employment sector especially those related to the creation of small and medium sized companies.
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• The decisions that will come up from tomorrow’s ministerial meeting are vital considering the overall wave of protests that wracked the Arab countries over the last few days.
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