{"id":57199,"date":"2026-03-30T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=57199"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:45:12","slug":"sayoud-presents-draft-election-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=57199","title":{"rendered":"Sayoud Presents Draft Election Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ibrahim Boughali, Speaker of the People&#8217;s National Assembly, chaired a public session on Monday dedicated to presenting and discussing the draft law amending and supplementing Ordinance No. 21-01, which concerns the organic law related to the electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>The session was attended by Said Sayoud, Minister of Interior, Local Communities, and Transport, representing the government, and Najiba Jilali, Minister of Relations with Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Representing the government, Said Sayoud provided a detailed presentation to the members of the People&#8217;s National Assembly. He explained the background of the draft text, its objectives, and its alignment with constitutional provisions, particularly regarding the guarantee of citizens&#8217; rights to free choice and the principles of integrity and transparency throughout the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>The government representative also highlighted the project&#8217;s redistribution of powers, separating logistical tasks assigned to the Ministry of Interior from the core responsibilities of organizing and supervising elections, which remain under the jurisdiction of the Independent Authority.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sayoud, the draft includes restructuring the National Independent Authority for Elections to improve performance by reducing its membership, strengthening collective decision-making, and regulating the legal status of its members while requiring electoral expertise. The project also includes 14 technical articles addressing current requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Sayoud concluded by clarifying amendments to candidacy provisions, including facilitating conditions such as &#8220;reducing the number of signatures&#8221; and refining organization, such as &#8220;granting freedom in list ordering and increasing the number of candidates,&#8221; alongside new conditions to enhance credibility and integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ibrahim Boughali, Speaker of the People&#8217;s National Assembly, chaired a public session on Monday dedicated to presenting and discussing the draft law amending and supplementing Ordinance No. 21-01, which concerns the organic law related to the electoral system. The session was attended by Said Sayoud, Minister of Interior, Local Communities, and Transport, representing the government, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}