{"id":66331,"date":"2026-07-28T14:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=66331"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:24:18","slug":"three-candidates-compete-for-presidency-of-algerias-national-peoples-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=66331","title":{"rendered":"Three Candidates Compete for Presidency of Algeria\u2019s National People\u2019s Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three candidates have been nominated for the presidency of Algeria\u2019s National People\u2019s Assembly as newly elected lawmakers begin the first session of the new parliamentary term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rally for Culture and Democracy, known as the RCD, nominated Rachid Hassani, a member of parliament representing Tizi Ouzou Province, for the position of president of the lower house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election is scheduled to take place during the afternoon session of the Assembly\u2019s first meeting, which opened earlier in the day. The morning proceedings were dedicated to validating the mandates of the newly elected deputies and completing the initial institutional procedures required for the launch of the legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to available information, the parties forming the presidential majority reached an agreement to nominate Khalida Boufadache for the post. The supporting political parties include the National Liberation Front, the National Democratic Rally, the Future Front, the National Construction Movement, and the Voice of the People party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parliamentary group of the Movement of Society for Peace also submitted a candidate. It nominated Amine Allouche, a deputy representing the electoral district of Oran, to contest the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vote for the Assembly presidency is an important step in establishing the leadership and internal structures of the new legislature. The elected president will be responsible for directing parliamentary sessions, overseeing the functioning of the institution, and representing the National People\u2019s Assembly in its official activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presence of three candidates reflects the political diversity within the newly formed chamber and provides deputies with several choices for the leadership of the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outcome of the vote will determine who will guide the Assembly during the new legislative term and play a central role in organizing parliamentary work, legislative debates, and coordination among political groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three candidates have been nominated for the presidency of Algeria\u2019s National People\u2019s Assembly as newly elected lawmakers begin the first session of the new parliamentary term. The Rally for Culture and Democracy, known as the RCD, nominated Rachid Hassani, a member of parliament representing Tizi Ouzou Province, for the position of president of the lower &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66332,"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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66331","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\/66331","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=66331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66333,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66331\/revisions\/66333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}