CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE
drug trafficking, are destabilising the economy, since the money derived from
unlawful activities gives rise to money laundering, as was emphasised in a
recent report. The Algerian authorities have taken strict measures to fight this
scourge; hence the National Bureau for the Prevention and Fight Against Drug
Trafficking, punitive legislation against drug trafficking, and Ordinance 05-06
of 23 August 2005 against trafficking.
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In its analysis of the current situation in Algeria, the CRM emphasises that,
although the major battle against terrorism is being won, wisdom, reason and
history teach us that peace and political and social stability are not reflected in
statistical and factual data. As a dynamic force in constant change, they call
for insight and incessant vigilance in their preservation, consolidation and
continuation. The CRM provides recommendations in this regard.
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Recommendations
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The APR Panel would like to recommend that the Algerian government and
all stakeholder groups (civil society, political parties, private and public media,
the private sector, etc.):
1. Vigorously pursue the policy of peace and national reconciliation by
implementing the political, legal and socio-economic instruments that have
been put in place and by initiating awareness programmes and intercommunity meetings to reaffirm and consolidate peace and fraternity, and
so close the chapter on trauma and tragedy.
2. Provide the High Commission on Amazighité with the economic and
financial means necessary to build a plural nation and provide for
increased participation, representation and involvement by all in the
elaboration, formulation, execution and monitoring of local and national
policies. (Attention: the government)
3. Examine the possibility of establishing a legal and institutional framework
for dealing with issues of immigrants. (Attention: the government)
4. Extend freedom of access, especially the access of political parties, unions
and associations to the principal media outside electoral periods, and to
establish an authority for the promotion, protection and regulation of
freedom of the press, charged with protecting and guaranteeing freedom of
the press, but also with ensuring adherence to the journalistic code of
ethics governing all journalists in the exercise of their profession.
Objective 2: Constitutional democracy, including political competition
and the opportunity for choice, rule of law, the declaration
on human rights and supremacy of the Constitution
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