Williams Babalola
Algeria’s president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has on Thursday, dissolved the country’s lower chamber of parliament, National People’s Assembly, and called for an early legislative election.
The president made this decision after a series of meetings with heads of parties, including Belaid, and Abdelkader Bengrina, head of the National Building Movement and former minister and candidate in the presidential elections, which Tebboune won.
In a broadcast on the state television, Tebboune said a government reshuffle would take place within 48 hours. He also pardoned several activists that were jailed during the Hirak protest.
He said, “I decided to dissolve the current National People’s Assembly, and to pass directly to elections free of corrupt money and open to youth. The ministerial reshuffle will include sectors that have experienced a lack of performance of their tasks.”
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Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, is preparing to dissolve parliament soon and call for early legislative elections,
Echorouk newspaper reported a party leader and former candidate in the last presidential election saying.
Abdelaziz Belaid, head of the Future Front Party, explained that Tebboune is preparing to issue a decision to dissolve parliament in the coming days, noting that this decision may be announced before 18 February, when National Martyr Day is commemorated. Belaid said this is what he understood from a meeting with Tebboune on Saturday.
Algeria: Demands to stop suspicious moves by French ambassador December 12, 2020 at 1:44 pm | Published in: Africa, Algeria, Europe & Russia, France, News
French ambassador to Algeria Francois Gouyette [MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images] December 12, 2020 at 1:44 pm
There have been several demands for an official move-in Algeria against suspicious meetings held by French ambassador Francois Gouyette, described as an intervention in local affairs, at a time when President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is absent from the political scene due to illness.
On Thursday evening, Deputy of the Algerian parliament and member of the National Democratic Rally (RND) bloc Amira Selim published a statement on Facebook, in which she condemned the French ambassador s actions.