Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Algeria: lifting "imminent" from the state of emergency by the government

The state of emergency, which in Algeria in February 1992 to fight against Islamist guerrillas, should be lifted by an order which comes into force is "imminent," said a statement Tuesday, February 22 Council of Ministers of Algeria. "A draft ordinance repealing the legislative decree of February 6, 1993 extending the state of emergency instituted by presidential decree of February 9, 1992, was approved Tuesday by the council of ministers," the statement said.

"This proposed ordinance will come into force upon its publication in the Official Journal imminent," the statement said. After the fall of the Ben Ali in Tunisia and in Egypt Mubarak, the Algerian opposition organizations calling for protest every Saturday until the government resigns.

Following an announcement to that effect by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Feb. 3, the Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, said Monday, February 14 that the state of emergency declared in 1992 would be lifted "in the coming days." He said it was "a return to the rule of law that allows the expression so full of opinions, but always by reference to the law.

The exceptional measures by the state of emergency can be lifted, but the fight against terrorism will be framed by law. "

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