Algeria: appointment of three new members of Constitutional Council
ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday Juley 27th 2016, signed a presidential decree on the appointment of three new members of the Constitutional Council.
The new members are :
– Mohamed Habchi, Vice-president of the Constitutional Council, named by the President of the Republic,
– El Hachemi Brahmi, Member of the Constitutional Council, elected at the Supreme Court,
– Kamel Feniche, Member of the Constitutional Council, elected at the Council of State.
The appointment of the three new members comes in accordance with Article 183 of the Constitution which enlarges the component of the Constitutional Council from 9 to 12 members, said the communiqué of the Presidency of the Republic.