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| The Act on the new redeployment of communal guards frozen |
| 2011-02-22 |
| [Ennahar] Algerian Minister of Interior and Local Government has ordered the freezing of the bill for a new deployment of Communal Guards. A statement to this effect was sent to all delegations of the communal guard at the national level. This was following the protest of workers of the communal guard in several provinces, like Skikda Guelma, Jijel, Annaba, Setif and corpse-littered Boumerdes, in addition to some provinces west of the country. According to well informed sources, the Chief of the Municipal Guard, Abdelkrim Nenouche, yesterday would have sent urgent telegrams to the walis (prefects) and delegates of the 48 provinces, for the immediate freezing of the redeployment decision announced by Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia on 26 December 2010. The communal guards require the same pay as other officers of police who participated in the fight against terrorism, restoring performance awards canceled in 2008 and risk premia and carrying weapons, taking into charge the municipal staff victims of terrorism. The claims mentioned in this document also relate to the rights of the communal guard officers to the acquisition of housing or other that will allow employees of the paramilitary body to acquire housing. |
| Posted by:Fred |