Rally for Culture and Democracy suspends activities in National Assembly

Algeria’s opposition party the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) suspended its activities at the National People’s Assembly, Agence France Press (AFP) reported on Wednesday citing a release.

• “The RCD decided to suspend its parliamentary activities until conditions of faithful transmission of deputies’ presentation is guaranteed,” said the release.
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• “On March 5^th, the RCD’s president and deputy (Said Saadi) faced a stab in front of dozens of imperturbable policemen,” it added.
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• The RCD has 19 deputies at the Assembly and two senators at the Council of the Nation.
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• Earlier on Saturday, residents in popular areas attacked pro-RCD supporters in an unauthorised march in Algiers.