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El Chorouk
12-03-2025
- Politics
- El Chorouk
Algerian-French Alliance Against the Far Right
The National Democratic Rally appreciated the balanced and wise positions of moderate French political and media figures and movements that reject the hostile language of the far right and consider the depth of Algerian-French relations in their social and historical dimensions. RND party stressed its readiness to communicate with them to confront the far right's maneuvers and plans, in the service of relations characterized by mutual respect and common interest. RND's general secretary, Mustapha Yahi, explained in an address on the occasion of a symposium organized on Tuesday by the party's Observatory for Analysis and Foresight, the importance of intellectual dialogue as an entry point to understanding challenges and anticipating solutions, and calling for an open and in-depth discussion, far from populism or misinformation, and far from narrow political and partisan mobilization speeches and campaigns linked to circumstantial political contexts, as it takes into account common Algerian-French interests. The forum, which was titled 'A Reading of the Evian Accords', was described by Mustapha Yahi as 'coming in a context that requires us to rethink Algerian-French relations from a historical perspective, by returning to the political and legal reference on which they were founded, and the path they took after independence'. Yahia considered these historic accords not just a passing international treaty but the fruit of a glorious national liberation war fought by our Algerian people with all valour and determination to seize their independence. According to him, they were not only a framework for regulating the relationship between independent Algeria and France but also the culmination of a long history of struggle, resistance, and combat, as these agreements came to reflect the true balance of power between the two parties. The Secretary-General added in his address that the Evian Accords were not limited to the political dimension only, but also included economic and social aspects. These agreements drew and established the features of the relationship between independent Algeria and France in various fields, thus forming the cornerstone of relations between the two countries, as they established a political, economic and social framework that defined the features of cooperation after decades of brutal colonialism. This makes it more than just a document to regulate the movement of Algerians to and from France, as some French politicians, especially from the far right, claim. Rather, it included multiple political, economic and social dimensions, aiming to build balanced relations between two independent states, as he described it. Yahia considered that attempts to limit the Evian Accords to issues of immigration or human movement reflect a narrow and superficial vision and hostile political exploitation by the far right, which ignores the historical truth and the political, economic and social context of the contents of the Evian Accords. Yahia stressed the rejection of the language of blackmail, bargaining and pressure repeated by the far right and its media mouthpieces by threatening to review the 1968 agreement, which was emptied of its content and did not include any privileges for Algerians. During the intervention, the speaker said that the recent provocative positions of the French government harm the Algerian-French relationship and that the manoeuvres of the far right targeting our community in France are pushing the party to stand alongside Algerian diplomacy led by President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune to protect Algerian community from hostile campaigns.
El Chorouk
22-02-2025
- Politics
- El Chorouk
RND Party To Prosecute France Before International Judicial Bodies
National Democratic Rally will work to prosecute the French government before international judicial bodies for its crimes committed in Africa, in cooperation with all political and human rights forces in African countries that were victims of French colonialism, to unify efforts, especially after the African Union adopted a resolution at its last summit classifying colonialism as a war crime against humanity and a crime of genocide committed against African peoples, Mustapha Yahi, Secretary-General of the National Democratic Rally, confirmed on Saturday from Biskra (southern Algeria). During a popular gathering on the occasion of the twenty-eighth anniversary of the founding of the party, which coincides with the anniversary of the nationalization of hydrocarbons and the founding of the General Union of Algerian Workers, Yahi addressed the provocations of the French government, which is subject to far-right lobbies, working to poison bilateral relations between the Algerian state and its French counterpart, exacerbate the situation in the Maghreb region and target national security, calling on the Algerian government to develop a strategy to confront the hostile media war targeting Algeria from several laboratories and dark rooms, hosted and financed by several hostile regimes and entities, according to his expression. Yahi also renewed his party's determination to work with all living forces to demand that France respond to Algerian demands related to the memory file, starting with its recognition of its crimes committed over a century and thirty years against the Algerian people, and compensating the victims of those brutal crimes, including the nuclear explosions, and recovering the resistance fighters' skulls, archives and looted property, which are crimes against humanity punishable by international law, according to his description. On this day, Yahi praised Algerian diplomacy's strong and honourable positions under the leadership and guidance of President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune and its achievements in making Algeria's voice heard. Algerian diplomacy defends fair causes worldwide, especially the Palestinian and Sahrawi causes, and the interests of the peoples of Arab and African countries in the face of old and new colonial ambitions. During his speech, Yahi returned to the beginnings of the party's founding, recalling all the sons of the National Democratic Rally 'who left us, founders, executives and activists, and foremost among them the martyrs of national duty who stood firm in the face of blind terrorism and sacrificed their lives so that this beloved homeland would remain united, sovereign, and proud in the face of terrorism and move towards a bright future of progress and prosperity.' The spokesman explained that the establishment of the party was not an added number in the political arena, but rather came to strengthen the national republican corridor in that dark period of Algeria's history and to be a space for all patriots convinced of the unity of destiny and saving Algeria from the clutches of extremism and terrorism, from the good mujahideen (freedom fighters), from the sons of the righteous martyrs, from the sons of the mujahideen, from women, from farmers, from youth, from workers, from journalists and other loyal patriots, headed by the martyr Abdelhak Benhamouda, a victim of barbaric terrorism, according to Mustapha Yahi. On the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, the RND party, through its Secretary-General, expressed its satisfaction with the government's efforts to ensure the availability of widely consumed products in national markets and called on the government to stabilize prices.
