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Towards a Kabyle Parliament? “We are taking very serious steps towards a state of our own”
Pro-sovereignty MAK pushing for establishment of Kabyle representative assembly: “When we can deploy it to the field, we will,” party official says · “Algeria, as it exists today, will eventually disappear”
"The aim of the meeting in Canada was to shape a convergence or a common platform of different Kabyle political forces," national secretary on geopolitical issues Soraya Sough told Nationalia. By establishing the Parliament, MAK says it seeks to go beyond party limits, involving people from the other two Kabyle-based major parties in Algeria (FFS and RCD) as well as members of the Citizen Movement of the Aarchs (a Kabyle, community-based organization).
"This is to show people that we are taking very serious steps to have a state of our own. It is not an impossible mission," Sough said. The would-be Parliament, the MAK official elaborated, should have representation from each of the Kabyle regions. This, Sough commented, should be ideally made in 2016, but the process may be postponed if necessary.
MAK's goal is to eventually have the Parliament settled in Kabylia: "We are convinced that Algeria, as it exists today, will eventually disappear, although do not know under what form. Meanwhile, we are setting up a structure, and when we can deploy it to the field, we will," Sough says.
Peaceful process towards independence
The Kabyle party says it wants that process to be carried out through peaceful means. Sough is convinced that MAK's independence platform enjoys widespread support. Perhaps not so much among the older population, but among the youths: "Young people have fully assumed that the only future ahead of them is independence. In fact, MAK is trying to appease them, because we do not want any violent outbreak to happen: current [Algerian] regime's only answer would be to suppress them," Sough concluded.