Bouteflika strengthens Ouyahia’s powers in presidency

President of the Republic, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, strengthens the powers of the Presidential Office Director, Ahmed Ouyahia, when he joined four directorates to his duties, under his authority, which are the General Directorate of Protocol, Press and Communication Directorate, the Directorate of Petitions and Citizen Relations, Directorate of Immediate Translation and calligraphy.”

Official Journal’s latest number identified the new powers that were entrusted to Ahmed Ouyahia, the deputy Secretary-General of RND, and states that “Modification of the provisions of Article 13 of Presidential Decree No. 197-01, that is dated on July, 22, 2001, and the above-mentioned liberation as follows:” Article 13: Director of the Office will  have other duties in the General Directorate of Protocol, Journalism and Communication, petitions and relationships with the citizen, Interpretation and calligraphy “, as the four directorates will be under the tutelage of the Secretary-General of the Government.

President Bouteflika, appointed the former Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, as Minister of State and Director of the President’s Office, the successor to the former director.

Moulay Kandil, in March of last year, and returned again to assume the post of RND party Secretary General, after the withdrawal that did not last long, because of a conflict with a limited number of his opponents within the party.

Immediately after his appointment as director of the Presidency Office, he took the task of overseeing the political consultations with political parties and national figures, regarding the forthcoming amendment, in preparation for the draft that will be adopted by the Head of State.

Since the return of Ouyahia to RND, mobility and activity returned to the party, as this was missed in the era of Abdelkader Bensalah, President of the National Assembly, and among the most important outputs and statements of Ouyahia, his criticism of the conduct of the executive branch in the face of the tumbling oil prices and the use of the word “populist”.