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. 156. 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. iii. Recommendations 157. 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 67

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