Algeria managed over the past three years, under the leadership of the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, to achieve a pioneering democratic and developmental experience, based on a smooth political transition that takes into account constitutional principles and popular will, and an economic boom based on valorizing national capabilities and liberating youth initiatives and energies.
This experience was largely praised by many international bodies and specialized research laboratories, which unanimously agreed, through various reports and observations issued, on the positive results of the reforms undertaken by the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune policy after his election in December 2019, through an inclusive strategy based on a clear political vision that brought together the Algerian people and the various living forces in the country.
In his first speech after taking the constitutional oath, Mr. Tebboune gave the most important axes of this strategy, which he said aims to “restore the people’s confidence in their state and gather around it in order to ensure its stability and future” while restoring the state’s prestige through “arranging priorities and responding to the deep and legitimate aspirations of the people to a radical change in the style of government.
This year, the new Algeria continued to build its foundations with strong constitutional institutions that guarantee the implementation of the principles of participatory democracy, independence, the rule of law and the fight against corruption. The committments that the President sought to achieve on the ground with the aim of restoring the confidence of the citizen based on monitoring the work of officials and ensuring the implementation of government decisions and the application of the laws of the Republic.
The installation of these constitutional bodies comes after those whose structures were drawn up or renewed during the first two years of the President of the Republic’s term, and related to the three legislative, executive and judicial powers, within the framework of rebuilding institutions that enjoy the people’s trust, preserve their rights and enshrine public freedoms.
With regard to the social character of the state, the President of the Republic affirmed that it is “a firm belief that we will not abandon” through measures to support the purchasing power of the citizen, despite the difficult economic situation created by the repercussions of the global health crisis.
In his third meeting with the governors of the republic last September, the President of the Republic promised that 2023 will be full of new measures that will benefit the simple citizen, who he said “remains the priority and focus of the state’s attention.”
The 2023 Finance Bill promoted social gains through measures to improve the purchasing power of the citizen, maintain subsidies for wide consumption products, and raise wages without including any new taxes.
The President has ordered the preparation of application texts that will allow raising wages, retirement grants, and unemployment grants to start pouring financial increases, as of next January.
