« I’ve not apologized and I won’t do it”
Sunday May 20 2007.
Legislative election control national political committee head Mr. Said Bouchaïr denied the fact to apologize after his letter to President Bouteflika enumerating the abuses recorded in the ballot operation as reported by home affairs minister Mr. Yazid Zerhouni in the press conference held Friday to announce May 17th election results.
El Khabar: What is your reply to Yazid Zerhouni on the letter you addressed to President Bouteflika about the abuses?
Mr. Bouchaïr: First, we should make it clear that the letter was addressed to the president on the behalf of all the political committee not only the national coordinator. The letter contents consist in the opinion of all members belonging to different political parties. Abuses listed are not limited to traffic jam management in al Bayed Wilaya as reported by home affairs minister, with the full respect to security agents who have been keen on assuring the good running of the election.
El Khabar: You mean?
Mr. Bouchaïr: For God’s sake, do you think that the mission of a national committee created by virtue of a presidential decree is limited to road traffic management in a given Wilaya? Why Mr. Zerhouni has not mentioned the real abuses listed in the letter?
El Khabar: What are those abuses?
Mr. Bouchaïr: You published the letter and it speaks for itself.
El Khabar: Zerhouni said that you apologized and retracted from your complaint on National Liberation Front FLN and administration abuses?
Mr. Bouchaïr: I have not apologized and I won’t do it. I just made clear to journalists the content of the letter addressed to the president in the press conference. I was not mistaken and I have no reason to apologize, the one who should apologize is the one who made abuses.
El Khabar: You mean?
Mr. Bouchaïr: the administration, for the many abuses recorded in many Wilayas namely preventing observers from attending to the ballot operations, and ballot boxes some refused to open before the poll and which appeared to be filled with FLN papers.
El Khabar: We can understand that Zerhouni minimized the importance of the committee?
Mr. Bouchaïr: Yes. By doing so he minimised the importance of the president decision who created the committee by virtue of a presidential decree.
El Khabar: What about the report on the election operation?
Mr. Bouchaïr: It will be an evaluation and general. It will be submitted to the president.
El Khabar: When?
Mr. Bouchaïr: When the elaboration process will be finished, i.e. after the municipal committees submit their reports to Wilaya committees which are to elaborate a report to be submitted to the national committee that will elaborate the final report.
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