The Constitutional Court has decided to lift the parliamentary immunity of FLN senator Abdelkader Djadia, who is the subject of legal proceedings in the Wilaya of Ouargla.The deputy had pleaded for equal development in the north of Algeria and the deprived southern regions. This cost him the anger of the military regime which prefers to support separatist causes rather than taking care of its own population.
The decision of the Constitutional Court follows a request from the President of the Council of the Nation, Salah Goudjil, dated October 16. It was the Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Rachid Tabi, who contacted the President of the Senate on this subject, specifies the Court. Abdelkader Djadia, known for his critical interventions during plenaries, is the subject of criminal legal proceedings in the wilaya of Ouargla. He is being prosecuted for the offenses of “insulting a constituted body” and “exposing to the public view of publications and recordings that could harm the national interest”. He is also being prosecuted for “dissemination and propagation of information likely to harm public security and public order”.
The senator is being prosecuted based on publications on his social media account. This is a video that he published on December 22, 2019, on the occasion of his meeting with the Minister of Energy and Mines and the general director of the Sonatrach group. Abdelkader Djedai made comments judged as “inciting the spread of hatred, discrimination and separatism between members of society”. He is also accused of having made “provocative expressions reporting the marginalization of inhabitants of the South” and “calling into question the activity and work of state officials in the region”.
According to the same document, the senator made “outrageous expressions” towards the President of the Council of the Nation in a second video. Comments judged as “calling into question the honesty of the election of the Vice-President of the Council of the Nation”. The Constitutional Court affirms that the facts alleged against the senator have no link with his parliamentary missions. She also notes that Abdelkader Djadia was notified, on October 1, 2023, to waive his parliamentary immunity, but without action.