The leader of Algeria’s Front for Justice and Development (FJD) Sheikh Abdullah Jaballah has said the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to pass the draft amendments of the new constitution to the parliament chambers, instead of holding a popular referendum, proves that the authorities are not serious about making substantial change to the constitution in line with the aspirations of the Algerian people.
Jaballah said in remarks to Quds Press: “To limit the proposed constitutional amendments to the Parliament means that its content is not more than marginal amendments which safeguard the interests of power circles and Western countries.”
“We have boycotted the constitutional amendment consultations because we believe they are not serious about a genuine and substantial modification,” Jaballah said.
Jaballah said he had previously proposed a constitution that “includes four major sections mainly principles of governance, rights and freedoms, power monopoly and reviewing the role of advisory institutions which oversee regulatory institutions”.
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