Future Front

Algerian political party

The Future Front (Arabic: جبهة المستقبل) is an Algerian political party.

History

The Future Front was founded on February 9, 2012 after its leader, Abdelaziz Belaïd [fr], split from the National Liberation Front (FLN). It is a centrist party, dominated by youth and holds a conciliatory approach towards the ruling regime.[1] The party won two seats in the 2012 Algerian parliamentary elections and 14 seats in the 2017 elections.[2] Its presidential candidate and leader of the party, Abdelaziz Belaïd, came third in the 2014 Algerian presidential election with 3.36% of the vote. In the 2019 presidential elections, his support rose to 6.67% but he only came fifth in the race.

In 2019, during the transitional period after the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Future Front called for the inclusion of "all the fringes of society" in the process of the presidential elections, so that those elections may be "transparent and regular".[3] In June 2020, a representative of the party, Samir Chaabna, was appointed as Deputy Minister of the PM in charge of connections with Algerians abroad.[4]

In the June 2021 elections, despite receiving fewer votes than in previous elections, the party made significant gains in its representation, going from 14 seats in the 462-seat parliament to 48 seats in the new 407-seat parliament, making it the 4th largest party in the Algerian People's National Assembly.[5] Algeria's political system is considered "not free" by Freedom House, with the country's elections being known to be neither fair nor free and fraught with irregularities.[6]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2014 Abdelaziz Belaïd 328,030 3.06 Lost Red XN
2019 568,000 6.67 Lost Red XN

People's National Assembly elections

Election Party leader Votes % Seats Position
2012 Abdelaziz Belaïd 174,706 Increase 1.87
2 / 462
 Increase 18th
2017 265,564 Increase 4.11
14 / 462
 Increase 5th
2021 153,987 Decrease 3.34
48 / 407
 Increase 4th

References

  1. ^ "تعرف على أحزاب المعارضة بانتخابات الجزائر". www.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ "You are being redirected..." www.aljazairalyoum.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. ^ Nassima, Dib. "Front El Moustakbal: pour l'association de toutes les franges de la société au dialogue". www.aps.dz. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. ^ Mounia, Boudjedri. "Chaabna prend ses fonctions de ministre délégué chargé de la communauté nationale à l'étranger". www.aps.dz. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Journal Officiel de la Republique Algerienne № 51" (PDF) (in French). Secretariat General du Gouvernement. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Algeria". Freedom House. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

External links

Future Front - Official Website at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 December 2019)

  • Future Front - Official Facebook Page (in Arabic)
  • Future Front - Official YouTube Channel (in Arabic)
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