Constitution: President Bouteflika wants consultations in form of national dialogue

Constitution: President Bouteflika wants consultations in form of national dialogue

Algérie Presse Service (APS) – 05 January 2016
ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika insisted that the consultations on the revision of the Constitution should be conducted in the form of “national dialogue,” said Tuesday in Algiers Minister of State, Principal Private Secretary to the Presidency of the Republic Ahmed Ouyahia.
“President of the Republic has insisted that the different phases of the consultations on the revision of the Constitution should be conducted in the form of national dialogue, with the participation of all political parties, national personalities, associations and even organizations,” Ouyahia told a press conference devoted to the presentation of the draft revised Constitution.
He added that the four years of consultations on the revision of the Constitution were an opportunity to be in touch with the society through the media.
Ouyahia underlined that the process of the revision of the Constitution was launched in 2011 by the President of the Republic as part of the political reforms he had announced.
The consultations on the revision of the Constitution were conducted in 2011, 2012 and 2014.