The participation of youth and the opposition is one of the most prominent features of this election date, which the authority describes as the third and final bet in the path of political reforms for the new Algeria train, which began with the amendment of the constitution and the election of members of the National People’s Assembly.
According to the official figures of the Independent National Election Monitoring Authority, 1,158 candidacy files for the wilaya popular councils were withdrawn, including 877 for 48 approved parties and 281 for independent lists, while 22,325 candidacy files for municipal popular councils were counted.
Quiet day
The electoral campaign will last for three weeks, during which the candidates of political parties and independent lists will activate their electoral campaign by persuading more than 23.7 million Algerian voters to vote for them.
The first day of the campaign was characterized by calm compared to the June 12, 2021 legislation, which witnessed a kind of media mobilization and incentives given by the authority, especially to young people, to enter politics by organizing themselves in the form of independent parties and lists within the road map proposed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune after the February 22 movement. 2019.
On the other hand, the entry of the most prominent opposition political parties to the 2021 localities race is considered one of the most important achievements of the new authority, after it faced a boycott of the 2019 presidency by many opposition parties.
With the exception of the opposition party, the Rally for Culture and Democracy, “Al-Arsidi”, which decided to boycott the elections, all the Algerian political parties decided to enter this race, including the Socialist Forces Front, which is the oldest opposition party in Algeria, the Workers’ Party and the New Generation Party, which became famous in recent years. as a strong opposition party.
The spokesman for the Arsidian party, Murat Bayatour, justified his party’s position on this election date, saying: “What is required is a radical change, which is available today from political options that are not in line with the aspirations of the people.”
Piator told Sky News Arabia: “We have a severe political crisis. What is needed is a radical change, and localities will not solve the crisis of trust between the ruler and the governed, and will not achieve the desired real democratic transition.”
On the contrary, the rest of the opposition political parties believe that there are several reasons that prompted the opposition to change its conviction before the localities of November 27, 2021, about two years after the election of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
The spokesman for the New Generation Party, Habib Brahmieh, does not deny that the situation of political parties in Algeria today is the most complex in a climate of mistrust between citizens and the political elite. On the other hand, he stressed that the elections are one of the serious political solutions proposed by the authority.
Brahima told Sky News Arabia that the opposition’s decision to enter the election game does not contradict the principle of pluralism, but rather complements it, noting that the matter aims to give strength to institutions and not weaken the opposition.
The opposition politician explained that the crisis of confidence between the citizen and the officials was the price of the political parties leaving the fund game always defeated.
A new generation enters the localities of 2021, despite the loss it suffered during the legislative elections, as is the case with the Socialist Forces Front, which is the oldest opposition party in Algeria. .
The local elections of 2021 come to reshuffle the opposition parties in particular, and the campaign was launched with the participation of the opposition-led Labor Party, Louisa Hanoun, despite the divergence of opinions among the party’s activists.
A political game with an independent flavor
Observers believe that the results of the 2021 legislation, in which independents achieved positive results (78 independent deputies in Parliament), constituted one of the factors that prompted the opposition parties to review their political accounts.
At a time when the pluralist parties were receiving defeat after defeat, the independents were reaping the fruits of the crises that were afflicting the traditional parties, especially the National Liberation Front, which did not achieve a majority in Parliament.
Political researcher Radwan Bouhidel believes that the localities of 2021 are an important milestone in the history of the new Algeria, and that will change the political map as a whole in Algeria.
Bohidel told Sky News Arabia that the political parties’ crisis lies in focusing the discourse of some on the prestige at the expense of the real political project that is in line with the political stakes Algeria is experiencing, while other parties are trying to practice the opposition in order to challenge the legitimacy of the National Liberation Front party.
The political researcher stressed that the localities of 2021 are the last chance for those parties that decided to withdraw from the last speech, as he said: “Many parties have begun to feel the danger, and they have been convinced that the choice of boycotting all benefits is pushing them towards extinction and the unknown, and they are seeking today to acquire part of the the political scene.
The parties in power are watching their last fortunes
Contrary to the aspirations of the opposition parties, observers believe that the chances of the Liberation Front do not seem weak in front of the 2021 Localities Fund, despite the crises it is floundering in and the results it has achieved in the legislative race.
The leader of the National Liberation Front, Muhammad Aliwi, stressed the ability of the National Liberation Front to achieve a majority in the 2021 localities, despite the tremors and problems experienced by the Political Bureau.
He concluded his speech to “Sky News Arabia”, saying: “The crises known to Al-Aflan, whose focus is the search for a legitimate leadership elected by the Central Committee, does not mean that the front will lose its political battle against the opposition parties.”
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