For National Commune Day, Mr. Boutbig called for effective APCs close to the residents. According to him, the reform can only succeed if local elected officials act quickly, plan, and implement concrete projects. The field, he said, is the real lever for change to improve citizens’ daily lives.
This meeting, placed under the sign of enhancing the role of the commune in building the modern state, was an opportunity for the leader of the El-Moustakbal Front to recall the strategic importance of local authorities in the success of any national reform policy.
In his speech, Dr. Boutbig emphasized that “the commune constitutes the cornerstone of the state structure and the first point of contact between the citizen and public administration.” He noted that “any serious and lasting reform cannot succeed without strong, performant communes close to citizens’ daily concerns.”
The president of the El-Moustakbal Front also praised the efforts made by the Hussein Dey commune to improve residents’ living conditions, despite constraints related to limited resources and the growing pressure on local authorities. He highlighted “the concrete achievements recorded on the ground, particularly in neighborhood development, urban environment improvement, environmental protection, and support for social activities.”
Addressing the issue of reform, Dr. Boutbig stated that “true change starts from the base,” calling for the establishment of virtuous local governance based on “transparency in management, rationalization of public spending, and adoption of digitization as an essential tool to improve administrative performance and bring administration closer to the citizen.”
In this context, he advocated for greater involvement of citizens and civil society actors in developing and monitoring local decisions, considering that “citizen participation is a fundamental lever to restore trust and strengthen the effectiveness of local public action.”
The president of the El-Moustakbal Front also highlighted the historic responsibility that now falls to local elected officials, believing that the current situation requires “moving beyond simple administrative management in favor of a logic of action, strategic planning, and results.” He called for “close coordination among all local actors to serve the general interest and support the requirements of sustainable local development.”
Concluding his intervention, Dr. Boutbig reaffirmed his party’s commitment to strengthening local authorities, stressing the need to “serve the citizen, preserve public funds, and work toward building modern, transparent, and effective communes that meet citizens’ aspirations and development challenges.”
It should be noted that the official ceremony was organized at the Hussein Dey commune level, in the presence of the APC president, parliamentarians from both Chambers, several commune presidents, local elected officials, territorial community officials, and representatives of civil society.