Socialist_Workers_Party_(Algeria)

Socialist Workers Party (Algeria)

Socialist Workers Party (Algeria)

Political party in Algeria

The Socialist Workers' Party (PST; French: Parti socialiste des travailleurs; Arabic: حزب العمال الاشتراكي, romanized: hizb aleummal alaishtirakii; Kabyle: Akabar Anemlay n Yixeddamen) is an Algerian political party. Founded in 1989 by the Revolutionary Communist Group, itself established by a group of Trotskyist students in 1974, the PST remains affiliated with Fourth International, a Trotskyist international.[1]

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In the 2007 Algerian parliamentary election, the PST won 0.75% of the vote, meaning it did not receive any of the 389 seats available.[2]

History

In 2019, the PST joined the Forces of the Democratic Alternative (FDA), a secular alliance of political and civil opposition during the pro-democracy Hirak movement.[3] As part of the FDA, it boycotted the 2021 Algerian parliamentary elections, which subsequently had the lowest turnout of an Algerian election, at 22.99%.[4]

In January 2022, the Council of State order the freezing of all PST activities, as well as the closure of its headquarters, following a complaint filed by the Ministry of the Interior. THE PST denounced this as "a blatant attack on partisan pluralism and democratic freedoms in Algeria".[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Leftist Parties of the World: Algeria". Broad Left. 25 December 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Elections Législatives du 17 Mai 2007: Synthèse des Résultats - Résultats Préliminaires" [Legislative Elections of May 17, 2007: Summary of Results - Preliminary Results] (PDF). Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Locales (in French). 18 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    Boukhlef, Ali (18 January 2022). "Algerian opposition parties face threat of dissolution ahead of uprising anniversary". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  4. [4]
    Aomar, Ali (5 April 2021). "Algérie: Le PAD qualifie les législatives de «mascarade»" [Algeria: The PAD describes the legislative elections as a "masquerade"]. ObservAlgérie (in French). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Le Conseil d'État gèle les activités du PST". TSA (in French). 20 January 2022. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 2023-09-16.


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