Algeria: Parliament examines government action plan
Headquarters of the National People's Assembly, Algiers, Algeria.
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After a formal day on Thursday, the new deputies and senators began to examine the government's action plan adopted earlier this week in the Council of Ministers on Friday.
Prime Minister Ayman Ben Abderrahmane's program revolves around proposals for the country's economic recovery.
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Algeria has known since 2017 a fragile economic situation due to the global drop in gas and oil prices.
Its foreign currency reserves are in sharp decline, which has led it to restrict its imports.
A situation made worse by the negative repercussions of the coronavirus epidemic.
Suffice to say that the Algerian deputies who mostly support the presidential camp are in a delicate position.
Indeed, the population seems ready to take to the streets again, if urgent measures to improve daily life are not taken.
In its action plan presented to Parliament, the government announced "
major structural reforms
", with a clear desire to develop public services, particularly in the health sector.
Algerian hospitals are short of staff and materials, and the country facing the Covid epidemic is suffering greatly from the lack of oxygen.
The bills on the agenda must also, according to official declarations, promote the economic and social development strategy advocated by President Tebboune: relax trade regulations, encourage investments and partnerships between the public sectors. and private.
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