Algeria: Draft Amendment of Constitution, 'A Total Break' With Past Practices

Algiers — Prime Minister, Abdelaziz Djerad, said Friday at the Council of the Nation (Upper House) that the draft amendment of the Constitution constitutes "a total break" with past practices, both in terms of elaboration and content, and came in response to the aspirations of the people to build a "true" democratic State.

"The draft law on constitutional revision constitutes a total break with past practices both in terms of elaboration and content," said the Prime Minister, who presented the law to the Committee on Legal and Administrative Affairs, Human Rights and Local Organization, of Land Use Planning and Territorial Division, in the presence of acting President of the Council of the Nation,Salah Goudjil, Minister of Justice Belkacem Zeghmati, the Parliamentary Quaestor, the chiefs and representatives of the parliamentary groups and members of the Council not belonging to the parliamentary groups.

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