The first week of campaigning for the upcoming November 28 local elections has come to a close. It is now time for stocktaking among political parties as they examine and analyze the contours of this campaign alongside the resonance felt by citizens through public rallies, gatherings, and grassroots outreach.
This pause has become necessary before launching into the second week’s battle, after correcting missteps along the way or patching up shortcomings that inevitably arise during such campaigns.
It is worth noting that since the start of this election campaign, virtually all political parties and independent candidates have issued calls for massive voter turnout. Their speeches were dominated by this urgent appeal, marked by awareness efforts and urging voters to take responsibility in selecting skilled individuals capable of leading strong, dynamic municipal assemblies.
The president of the Tajamoue Amel El Djazair (TAJ) party, Fatima Zohra Zerouati, called Thursday evening in Bou Saada on her political formation’s candidates to adopt realistic rhetoric featuring concrete development ideas. During a public rally, Zerouati emphasized that citizens today expect development programs tailored to each municipality’s needs, through well-thought-out projects and clearly defined priorities covering every sector tied to their daily lives.
The TAJ leader reviewed the vast potential abounding in Bou Saada, which allows it to achieve a genuine development takeoff across numerous fields such as the economy, tourism, agriculture, and others, arguing that reaching this goal can only happen by selecting competent individuals able to ensure better management of local authorities.
She also stressed the importance of high turnout in the upcoming election, which represents, according to her, a democratic milestone allowing citizens to express their aspirations and concerns, and to choose the qualified figures they deem capable of assuming responsibility and serving the public interest.
For her part, Amina Mahieddine, a member of the national bureau of the Democratic National Rally (RND), called the day before yesterday from Bechar for overhauling local management mechanisms and strengthening participatory democracy by adopting an approach rooted in initiative, innovation, and leveraging local assets.
Speaking at a rally on behalf of RND Secretary General Monder Bouden, Mahieddine underscored that improving local governance and placing citizens at the center of development decisions constitute the core pillars of the party’s vision for the next phase, while outlining her party’s platform. She noted that the municipality serves as the foundational unit of local development and the institution closest to citizens and their everyday concerns, requiring greater emphasis on its role in addressing local needs and finding tailored solutions to various challenges.
Meanwhile, the president of the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP), Abdelaali Hassani Cherif, highlighted Thursday evening in Blida the pillars underlying his party’s electoral program, stressing that it places citizens at the core of its priorities. During a public rally hosted in Ouled Yaich, Hassani Cherif explained that his movement’s platform, carrying the slogan Injaz, attaches paramount importance to listening to citizens and finding solutions to all their concerns.
He pointed out that this program was drafted by experts, specialists, and former elected officials experienced in managing local assemblies. It aims to address various development imbalances and aspires to establish a municipality close to citizens and attentive to all their concerns.
In this regard, Hassani Cherif urged voters in the province to cast their ballots for the movement’s candidates, whom he described as a model of local elected officials whose primary mission is serving citizens and fostering local development.
For his part, the assistant to the president of the El-Moustakbal Front, Hadj Belghaouti, underscored from Bou Saada the significance of the November 28 local elections for newly created provinces that will elect their very first Provincial People’s Assembly (APW). Belghaouti, mandated by party president Fateh Boutbig, stated during a rally that November 28 will mark an important historic milestone for the new provinces, including Bou Saada, which is preparing to enter a new phase with the election of its first APW.
The speaker emphasized that elected APW members will be called upon to help define local development priorities, monitor sectoral projects and programs, and relay citizen concerns—a mission that, according to him, demands choosing qualified representatives fully capable of shouldered responsibilities.