DZWatch – A recent statement has highlighted concerns over certain political parties allegedly exploiting Algeria’s international positions for premature electoral campaigning. The parties are accused of employing demagogic rhetoric in a bid to gain traction ahead of upcoming legislative and local elections.
According to the statement, these parties, facing political bankruptcy due to their inability to present viable programs to the Algerian people, are resorting to manipulative tactics. A specific point of contention is the alleged exploitation of Algeria’s international stance, which is viewed as a clear violation of the constitution. The constitution stipulates that foreign policy prerogatives are exclusively vested in the President of the Republic, derived from a popular mandate secured through elections.
The statement emphasized that any attempt to undermine the country’s foreign policy is a direct affront not only to the President but to Algeria itself, as the President embodies the nation in accordance with the constitution. This criticism comes as one political party is accused of adopting demagoguery as a new strategy, capitalizing on upcoming local and national elections to question the validity of judicial rulings based on the Republic’s laws, particularly in the fight against hate speech.
This is seen as a dangerous attempt to return the Algerian people to an era of strife and discord, especially after the Parliament, through its elected representatives, enacted a law to combat hate speech among Algerians. The statement further noted the hypocrisy of some of these parties, as they are represented in Parliament and voted in favor of the very law they now appear to be undermining.
This blatant contradiction and deviation from sound political ethics, the statement concludes, clearly demonstrates the intention of certain parties to undermine justice and the laws of the Republic, and to revert to outdated and reprehensible practices of clientelism and regionalism that were supposedly eradicated after December 12, 2019.
