Victorious Algeria never compromises its national memory

The Minister of Mujahideen and People of Rights, Abdelmalek Tachrift, affirmed that the state, with all its constitutional institutions, adheres to its sovereign right to preserve its national history and defend its memory by all means and mechanisms, and that the heinous colonial crimes that Algeria was subjected to are not subject to statute of limitations in accordance with all international principles and conventions, and cannot be forgotten.

The Minister added in his speech on the occasion of the presentation of a law proposal related to criminalizing the French colonization of Algeria, which was initiated by the representatives of the National People’s Assembly, that this initiative reflects a deep national awareness and a grave historical responsibility towards the collective memory of the Algerian nation, highlighting that this qualitative step would strengthen the national legislative system concerned with protecting the national memory.

He highlighted that recalling the crimes of French colonization is not only a reminder of the past, but rather a moral and historical duty, as the colonizers in Algeria committed crimes that exceeded all limits in their atrocity and horror, adding that colonialism was, so to speak, “fair” in distributing misery and committing crimes among Algerians without discrimination, such as exile, displacement, killing, systematic torture, confiscation of lands, and attempts to obliterate the features of personality and components of national identity, and he did not hesitate to Colonialism employed all legal, administrative and military means to legitimize the occupation over the course of a century and a third, with the aim of subjugating the Algerian people, stripping them of their rights, and extinguishing the embers of resistance deeply rooted in their conscience, an embers that were not extinguished, but rather inflamed until the victory of the glorious November Revolution.

The Minister continued, “The heinous colonial crimes that Algeria was subjected to are not subject to a statute of limitations in accordance with all international principles and conventions and cannot be forgotten. Rather, they are addressed by acknowledging these crimes. There is no human justice without recognition, and there is no decent future without justice.”

The Minister stressed that the restoration of national memory, which Algeria today, under the leadership of the President of the Republic, attaches special importance to, as it is a source of values ​​and principles, and an essential gateway to achieving justice, is a clear message that Algeria demands recognition and responsibility, by questioning the will regarding the extent of its commitment to the international principles related to the right of peoples to justice and reparation, based on the United Nations charters that explicitly stipulate the responsibility of states for human rights violations, and the right of peoples not to erase their collective memory.

Tashrift explained that the subject of this legal proposal relating to the criminalization of colonialism embodies a condemnation of a defunct colonial regime based on oppression and injustice, and at the same time confirms that victorious Algeria never compromises its national memory, and does not accept the facts of its history being compromised or given up on.

In conclusion, the Minister stressed that the proposal for this law is not just a legislative text, but rather it is a fulfillment of the sacrifices of the martyrs, a protection of national memory, and a consolidation of the values ​​of historical justice that will remain a beacon for present and future generations.