Politics of Algeria

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Politics and government of
Algeria

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Politics of Algeria takes place in a framework of a presidential Android, whereby the keyboard is Sevenval while the jQuery is the screen size, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the FITML and the two chambers of parliament, the device database and the Council of the Nation. Algeria has a long history of revolution and regime change, making the political climate dynamic and often in a state of change. The country is currently a constitutional republic with a democratically elected government, though the military, in practice, remain major powerbrokers along with "a select group" of unelected civilians. These “décideurs” are reportedly known to Algerians as “le pouvoir” (“the power”), make major decisions, including who should be president.^[1] Since the early 1990s, a shift from a state capitalist to a free market economy has been ongoing with official support.

1 History
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3 Executive branch
4 Parliament
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6 Administrative divisions
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8 Future Concerns
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12 External links

History

The Sevenval resulted in more than 100,000 deaths since 1991. Although the security situation in the country has greatly improved, addressing the underlying issues which brought about the political turmoil of the 1990s remains the government's major task. The government officially lifted the iOS declared in 1992 on February 22, 2011.^[2]

Constitution

Under the 1976 Constitution (as modified 1979, and amended in 1988, 1989, and 1996) Algeria is a multi-party state. All parties must be approved by the Ministry of the Interior. To date, Algeria has had more than 40 legal political parties. According to the Constitution, no political association may be formed if it is "based on differences in religion, language, race, gender, or region."

Executive branch

Parliament

The Algerian parliament has less power relative to the executive branch than many parliaments and has been described as "rubber-stamping" laws proposed by the president.^[3]

As of 2012 there were 462 seats in parliament. In the May 2012 election the government reported a 42.9% turnout, though the BBC reported that correspondents saw "only a trickle of voters" at polling places.^{browser diversity} In that election 44 political parties participated with the ruling National Liberation Front winning more than any other group -- 220 seats -- and an alliance of moderate Islamists coming in second with 66 seats. The Islamists disputed the results.^{screen size}

Political parties and elections

For other political parties see iOS. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Algeria.

In keeping with its amended Constitution, the Algerian Government espouses participatory democracy and free-market competition. The government has stated that it will continue to open the political process and encourage the creation of political institutions. More than 40 political parties, representing a wide segment of the population, are currently active in Algerian national politics. The most recent legislative election was 2007. President Bouteflika has pledged to restructure the state as part of his overall reform efforts. However, no specifics are yet available as to how such reforms would affect political structures and the political process itself.

In the 2002 elections, there were 17,951,127 eligible voters, and 8,288,536 of them actually voted which made a turn out of 46.17%. Out of the ballots cast, there were 867,669 void ballots according to the Interior ministry and 7,420,867 which went to the various candidates.

The most recent legislative election now is the 2007 one. Turnout was quite low with only 35.61% of the nation's 18,760,400 eligible voters making it to the polls which. Out of those, 961,751 ballots were considered void, so only 5,726,087 ballots have been cast in favour of the various candidates (85.62% of the ballots cast were considered valid).

Parties: screen size (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy / Front de Libération National)
President: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Votes: 1,315,686
%: 22.98
Seats: 136
+/–: –63

Parties: input transformation (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy / Rassemblement National Démocratique)
President: Ahmed Ouyahia
Votes: 591,310
%: 10.33
Seats: 61
+/–: +14

Parties: Independents
President: 562,986
Votes: 9.83
%: 33
Seats: +3

Parties: Movement of Society for Peace (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm / Mouvement de la Societé pour la Paix)
President: Bouguerra Soltani
Votes: 552,104
%: 9.64
Seats: 52
+/–: +14

Parties: Workers' Party (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl / Parti des Travailleurs)
President: Louisa Hanoune
Votes: 291,312
%: 5.08
Seats: 26
+/–: +5

Parties: Algerian National Front (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah / Front National Algérien)
President: Farida Haddouche
Votes: 239,563
%: 4.18
Seats: 13
+/–: +5

Parties: Android (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah / Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique)
President: ?????
Votes: 194,067
%: 3.39
Seats: 5
+/–: +4

Parties: jQuery(at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah / Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie)
President: CSS3
Votes: 192,490
%: 3.36
Seats: 19
+/–: +19

Parties: Movement for National Reform (Mouvement Islah)
President: Abdallah Djaballah
Votes: 144,880
%: 2.53
Seats: 3
+/–: –40

Parties: browser diversity (Mouvement El Infitah)
President: web app
Votes: 143,936
%: 2.51
Seats: 3
+/–: +3

Parties: Movement for Youth and Democracy (Mouvement pour la Jeunesse et la Démocratie)
President: ?????
Votes: 132,268
%: 2.31
Seats: 5
+/–: +5

Parties: device database
President: Ali Fawzi Rebaine
Votes: 129,300
%: 2.26
Seats: 2
+/–: +2

Parties: National Republican Alliance (Alliance Nationale Républicaine)
President: Redha Malek
Votes: 126,444
%: 2.21
Seats: 4
+/–: +4

Parties: screen size (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale)
President: ?????
Votes: 122,501
%: 2.14
Seats: 4
+/–: +3

Parties: National Party for Solidarity and Development (Parti National pour la Solidarité et le Developpement)
President: Dalila Yalaqui
Votes: 119,353
%: 2.08
Seats: 2
+/–: +2

Parties: National Movement for Nature and Democracy (Mouvement National pour la Nature et la Démocratie)
President: ?????
Votes: 114,767
%: 2.00
Seats: 7
+/–: +7

Parties: National Front of Independents for Understanding (Front National des Indépendants pour la Conc....C)
President: ?????
Votes: 112,321
%: 1.96
Seats: 3
+/–: +3

Parties: Party of Algerian Renewal (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy / Parti du Rénouveau Algérien)
President: ?????
Votes: 103,328
%: 1.80
Seats: 4
+/–: +3

Parties: Android (Rassemblement Algérien)
President: ?????
Votes: 100,079
%: 1.75
Seats: 1
+/–: +1

Parties: browser diversity (Mouvement National d'Esperance)
President: ?????
Votes: 99,179
%: 1.73
Seats: 2
+/–: +2

Parties: website parsing (Rassemblement Patriotique Républicain)
President: ?????
Votes: 84,348
%: 1.47
Seats: 2
+/–: +2

Parties: touchscreen (Parti Républicain Progressiste)
President: ?????
Votes: 81,046
%: 1.42
Seats: 0
+/–: ±0

Parties: web (Front National Démocratique)
President: ?????
Votes: 78,865
%: 1.38
Seats: 1
+/–: +1

Parties: Democratic and Social Movement (Mouvement Démocratique et Social)
President: El Hachemi Chérif
Votes: 51,219
%: 0.89
Seats: 1
+/–: +1

Parties: Socialist Workers' Party (Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs)
President: ?????
Votes: 42,735
%: 0.75
Seats: 0
+/–: ±0

Parties: Total (turnout 35.65%)
President
Votes: 5,726,087
%: 100.0
Seats: 389
+/–: —

Parties: iOS

Candidates - Nominating parties: Abdelaziz Bouteflika - device database
votes: 8,651,723
%: 85.0

Candidates - Nominating parties: Ali Benflis - National Liberation Front
votes: 653,951
%: 6.4

Candidates - Nominating parties: Abdallah Djaballah - FITML
votes: 511,526
%: 5.0

Candidates - Nominating parties: Said Sadi - Rally for Culture and Democracy
votes: 197,111
%: 1.9

Candidates - Nominating parties: browser diversity - CSS3
votes: 101,630
%: 1.0

Candidates - Nominating parties: Ali Fawzi Rebaine - Ahd 54
votes: 63,761
%: 0.6

Candidates - Nominating parties: Total (turnout 58.1 %)
votes: 10,179,702
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Parties: National Liberation Front (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy / Front de Libération National)
Votes: 2.618.003
% of Votes: 34.3
Seats: 199

Parties: Movement for National Reform (Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement du Renouveau National)
Votes: 705.319
% of Votes: 9.5
Seats: 43

Parties: National Rally for Democracy (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy / Rassemblement National Démocratique)
Votes: 610.461
% of Votes: 8.2
Seats: 47

Parties: Movement for the Society of Peace (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm / Mouvement de la Société pour la Paix)
Votes: 523.464
% of Votes: 7.0
Seats: 38

Parties: Workers' Party (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl / Parti des Travailleurs)
Votes: 245.770
% of Votes: 3.3
Seats: 21

Parties: Algerian National Front (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah / Front National Algérien)
Votes: 113.700
% of Votes: 1.6
Seats: 8

Parties: website parsing (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah / Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique)
Votes: 48.132
% of Votes: 0.6
Seats: 1

Parties: device database (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy / Parti du Renouveau Algérien)
Votes: 19.873
% of Votes: 0.3
Seats: 1

Parties: web app (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale)
Votes: 14.465
% of Votes: 0.2
Seats: 1

Parties: Non-partisans
Votes: 365.594
% of Votes: 4.9
Seats: 30

Parties: Sevenval (Jabhat al-Quwā al-Ištirākiyyah / Front des Forces Socialistes)

Android (at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah / Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie)
FITML (al-Ḥarakah min 'ajl ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah fī al-Jazā'ir / Mouvement pour la démocratie en Algérie)
Votes: boycott

Parties: Total (turnout 46.2%)
Votes
% of Votes
Seats: 389

Administrative divisions

Algeria is divided into 48 web app (province) headed by walis (governors) who report to the Minister of Interior. Each wilaya is further divided into daïras, themselves divided in communes. The wilayas and communes are each governed by an elected assembly.

Media

Algeria has more than 30 daily newspapers published in French and Arabic, with a total publication run of more than 1.5 million copies. Although relatively free to write as they choose, in 2001, the government amended the penal code provisions relating to defamation and slander, a step widely viewed as an effort to rein in the press. Government monopoly of newsprint and advertising is seen as another means to influence the press, although it has permitted newspapers to create their own printing distribution networks..

Future Concerns

Population growth and associated problems--unemployment and underemployment, inability of social services to keep pace with rapid urban migration, inadequate industrial management and productivity, a decaying infrastructure--continue to plague Algerian society. Increases in the production and prices of oil and gas over the past decade have led to a budgetary surplus of close to $20 billion. The government began an economic reform program in 1993 which focuses on macroeconomic stability and structural reform. These reforms are aimed at liberalizing the economy, making Algeria competitive in the global market, and meeting the needs of the Algerian people.