President Tebboune praises the community’s involvement in the Algerian economic transformations

The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, affirmed that the Algerian community abroad has embodied its commitment to engaging in the dynamic of the economic transformations taking place in the country, participating in the path of national renewal, and building the modern national state.

The President of the Republic explained, on Thursday, in a message on the occasion of National Migration Day, commemorating the 64th anniversary of the demonstrations of October 17, 1961, that October 17 is an immortal day in national memory, expressing the union of Algerian immigrants with the glorious liberation revolution, which at that time – after seven years of armed struggle, had risen to a liberation epic, which with its momentum and revolutionary resonance attracted the support of the free people of the world for a struggling people, Determined to Changing the course of colonial history by getting rid of its power and tyranny with the highest sacrifices.

President Tebboune added that the stranglehold that had intensified on colonialism under siege by the legitimacy of the struggle and the justice of the cause drove him, at that historical moment, to hysteria when the Paris police proceeded to impose a curfew on members of the community by an arbitrary decision under the command of the then police governor, Maurice Papon, where his arrogance plunged him into the mire of criminality and brutal suppression of crowds who went out in peaceful demonstrations, which ended in a tragic outcome with the drowning of the demonstrators. In the Seine River, subjecting them to oppression, torture, and deportation to the camps, so that the memory of those sacrifices of the community’s members will remain forever present in their minds.

The President of the Republic prayed for the souls of those who passed away from the generation of national fighters in exile during the victorious war of liberation, and for the souls of the righteous martyrs, addressing the members of the national community all over the world, as they carry love for Algeria and loyalty to it in their hearts, and embody their commitment to their involvement in the dynamic of the economic transformations taking place in the country, and with the will to participate in the path of national renewal and building the modern national state, to which he aspires. The proud Algerian people.