Bouteflika Calls Algerians to Responsibly Elect Their Representatives

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has called Saturday the Algerian people to firmly and responsibly elect their representatives during legislative elections of 10 May, to take the country into the shore of the rule of law.

The APS news agency reported that Bouteflika sent a message to Abdelmajid Sidi Said, Secretary General of the General Union for Algerian Workers (UGTA), to mark the double anniversary of the creation of UGTA, and the nationalization of hydrocarbons. Head of State has called on Algerian “to responsibly and firmly elect their representatives at the parliament in May legislative election, as to provide the country a National Assembly that met the trust of the people,” adding that such a National Assembly “will be mandated to participate, on behalf of the people, in the amendment of the constitution.”

“This immense political and institutional (constitutional amendment) workshop is an opportunity for this young generation to appropriately take the task of inserting our country deeper in the process of modernization by consolidating the State and fortifying the nation in harmony with the globalization,” Mr Bouteflika added.

Elsewhere, President said that through the “impressive scale and dimensions of the investment programs that the government has launched, so far, Algerians can notice the irrefutable will of the political leadership in terms of providing quality answers for questions being raised, and offer the lion share of the ongoing five-year development plan to the Youth, amid chaotic international environment, characterized by a severe economic crisis and a regional context in search for stability.”

Beside, President Bouteflika said that “this new approach, will be largely reinforced, in practice, by the deep political reforms being launched,” which will allow the North African nation “to achieve the stage of the rule of law, and yet widely open the door for the participation of citizens in taking crucial decisions, and also to elect their representatives at all institutions, including the local assemblies and the parliament.