2月7日，阿尔及利亚议会批准了宪政改革方案。 该方案规定总统只能担任两届（总统波特弗利卡，最后一位尚在人世的阿尔及利亚独立战争领导人，自1999年以来一直担任这一职位 ） ， 并承认了一些基本自由。
On February 7, Algeria’s parliament approved a new package of constitutional reforms, which, among other things, limit presidents to two terms (President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the last surviving leader of Algeria’s war of independence against France, has been in office since 1999) and recognize some fundamental freedoms.