PM Abdelmalek Sellal: “Madani Mezrag has no party, Algeria will not return to the nineties”
Abdelmalek Sellal and Madani Mezrag. Photo: copyright
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, ended the controversy over the return of the leader of the dismissed AIS party, Madani Mezrag, and his announcement on the establishment of a new political party, saying, “The Algerian state will not allow those who have proved their involvement in the national tragedy in the nineties, to violate the constitution and the Charter of national reconciliation, and return to the political arena through the creation of new parties”, and therefore the Prime Minister closed the subject just like the Interior Minister, Noureddine Badawi, did.
Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, ended all all interpretations that accompanied the declaration of Mezrag to create a new political party.
Using the tone of the challenge, Sellal added; “The state will not allow those who were involved in the national tragedy of violating the Charter of national reconciliation and the creation of a political party, in accordance with the laws of the Republic, led by Article 26 of the Peace Agreement and national reconciliation, and Article 5 of the law of parties.”
He asserted, on the sidelines of the opening of the autumn session of the National People’s Congress, on Wednesday, that the national reconciliation paid off in the field and there is no return to the past, for which Algeria paid a lot of costs.
“The state with all its institutions, refuses to return Algeria to the back, as it is currently working on combating terrorism. Ten years were enough for the application of the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, that was initiated by the President of the Republic and was praised by the people, and some are talking about the possibility of the return of some political parties to the political arena, even though they signed the Charter that imposed on them duties that some want to undone. “
With regard to the economic situation in the country, the Prime Minister said that everyone knows that the state is living an economic shock and is working to overcome it in collaboration with all partners of the political parties and civil society, to get out of this crisis by taking a number of bold actions that may create wealth and as some talk an austerity which generates frustration.
“We have the potential to get out of the crisis. Government is working on the rationalization of expenditures in the supplementary finance bill, by reducing public investments, such as roads. We must finally get out of the hydrocarbons’ economy and create wealth, far away from the totalitarian exploitation.”