http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Abdallah Djaballah) en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-021312?start=1390 <p>Iran denies role in bomb attacks on Israeli embassies, Pakistani tribesmen protest US drone strikes, Iraqi women's rights activists outraged at government-imposed dress code, and more.</p> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-021312 Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Algeria, Pakistan, Algiers, United States, Barack Obama, Iran-Israel relations, Syrian Civil War Presenter, Male #1 Algeria's new political party held its founding congress in preparation for legislative elections scheduled for May 10. The Justice and Development Front, led by prominent Islamist Abdallah Djaballah, who recently returned to the political scene, held a public conference with the participation of thousands of the Front's supporters in the capital Algiers. Reporter, Male #2 The conference held by the Justice and Development Front was a political festival and rally for the newly-formed political party led by Mr. Abdallah Djaballah. Mr. Djaballah, who is familiar with the rules of Algeria's political games, is a prominent Islamist politician who has been widely popular in the past several years. Guest, Male # 3 (Abdallah Djaballah, Justice and Development Front Leader) We are working to become the top party, God willing. Reporter, Male #2 Political observers viewed the large number of participants in the party's founding congress as a political message to other political parties and the Front's allies that it will have a say in the upcoming elections. Guest, Male #4 (Al-Khadar Bin Khalaf, Justice and Development Front Leader) We came in second place in the 2002 elections, the last elections we took part in. Now we're in front of a new situation; we're facing a new wave of parties comprised of all social groups in Algeria. So we consider ourselves the top party in the country, God willing, as long as the people's will is respected and the elections are free, fair and democratic, as stated in the most recent speeches by Algerian officials. Reporter, Male #2 Abdallah Djaballah, 56 years old, was an activist in the Islamic movement during the "secret phase," which was also known as the one-party rule. He was repeatedly imprisoned in the 1980s. After the political arena allowed for a multi-party system, Djaballah founded the Islamic Renaissance Party, al-Nahda, which was succeeded later by the Movement for National Reform that won the second place in the 2002 elections. Abdallah Djaballah's political ambitions are not limited to leading the new political party. He aspires to build a larger popular base to overcome the defections that occurred during his chairmanship of former movements, and he seeks to play a more prominent role in Algeria's political life. With the establishment of the Justice and Development Front, it is safe to say the political map of Algeria will witness major changes in the upcoming elections. According to political observers, these changes will occur either within the political parties and movements, or in terms of these parties' positions in elected committees. Taofiq Ghareen, al-Alam, from the Algerian capital Algiers. ** Contact Mosaic News: mosaicnews{at}linktv{dot}org