The National Democratic Rally (RND) has expressed profound surprise and dismay at a program aired on a French public television channel, presented as an ‘investigative report’. The RND views the program as a blatant exercise in political distortion, falsely cloaked in the guise of journalism, to justify a hostile narrative that is out of step with both the times and reality.
In a statement, the RND asserted that Algeria, with its history, institutions, and sovereign choices, is not defined from beyond its borders. Nor is it measured by legitimacies granted or withdrawn via media platforms that habitually conflate professional investigation with directed propaganda, and news with misrepresentation.
The timing of this perceived media misstep, coinciding with the Algerian parliament’s ratification of a law criminalizing colonialism, further exposes the insistence of certain circles on summoning the same figures, with the same language, and the same animosity. This is seen as a desperate attempt to revive a narrative that has been overtaken by events, ever since the era of tutelage was definitively closed. All that remains for its proponents is to regurgitate hatred and package it in news formats.
The RND statement continued, ‘The passing of vulgar descriptions in addressing a symbol of the Algerian state on an official French channel is an unprecedented media and moral scandal. It reflects the audacity of that channel and those behind it, and a dangerous slide that exposes a crisis of standards within a vulgar French media lacking any sense of honor, claiming professionalism while feeding on provocation and moral transgression.’
Facing these dangerous transgressions, the RND emphasized that Algeria is a sovereign state, its decisions made within its constitutional institutions, not in foreign newsrooms. National sovereignty is not open to debate and will not be drawn into futile arguments.
The party, led by its Secretary-General, stressed that Algeria needs no ‘good conduct certificates’ and is not governed by pre-independence mentalities. Relations between countries are built on mutual respect and parity, not on media sensationalism or settling old scores. Algeria is an active player, not a passive subject, in the international arena.
