Region | Algeria
Ruling party to discuss reforms
Algerian Prime Minister Ahmad Ouyahia's party was to hold a congress yesterday and today
- AFP
- Published: 00:00 January 6, 2012
Algiers: Algerian Prime Minister Ahmad Ouyahia's party was to hold a congress yesterday and today to discuss political reforms launched by the president after protests and riots swept the country last year, the National Rally for Democracy (RND) said in a statement.
The RND congress comes as opposition parties call for Ouyahia's government to be replaced by non-committed technocrats ahead of promised legislative elections later this year.
President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika had pledged to carry out reforms in an address to the nation in April after neighbour Tunisia and Egypt were rocked by unprecedented pro-democracy movements that ousted their longtime leaders.
Al Nahda party leader Fateh Rebai told AFP on Wednesday his party was in favour of a government of "neutral technocrats, able to hold free, transparent and credible elections".
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