Naima Salhi

Naima Salhi is an Algerian politician.[1] Salhi is president of the Equity and Proclamation Party (PEP). She was elected to the People's National Assembly in the 2017 legislative elections.[2] Naima Salhi, was member of parliament and the president of the small Equity and Proclamation Party (PEP). She was elected MP for Boumerdès in 2017. A first complaint was filed by activist Salim Chaït in 2019, but it was blocked by her parliamentary immunity, which was only reactivated with the dissolution of the assembly in 2021.[3] She is close to the political movement known as badissia novembria.

Controversy

In November 2022, she was sentenced to two six-month prison terms for "incitement to racial hatred" and "undermining national unity." She was also prosecuted for "incitement to murder" against Kabylia.[4][5] During her trial in October 2022, she defended herself against these accusations, claiming that the word "zouave" was aimed at the MAK movement.[6] In 2017, she had already gained notoriety in a video where she stated that she would "slit the throat" of her daughter if she spoke Tamazight.[5]

On May 1, 2019, she attempted to participate in a march in Djelfa in support of maintaining the process leading to the presidential election of July 4; she was ultimately chased out of the city by the protesters.[7] In 2019, she also criticized one of the heroines of the Algerian war, the independence activist Djamila Bouhired whom she accused of being in the pay of France.[8]

References

  1. ^ Arab, The New (2018-02-10). "Algeria lawmaker under fire over 'racist' attack on Berber language". english.alaraby.co.uk/. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
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  3. ^ "Algérie : Naïma Salhi-Leghlimi, la haine et le racisme face aux juges". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-16.
  4. ^ Tlemçani, Salima (2022-02-16). "L'ex-députée inculpée dans une deuxième affaire : Naïma Salhi sous contrôle judiciaire pour «atteinte à l'unité nationale»". El Watan (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  5. ^ a b TSA (2022-11-16). "Incitation à la haine raciale : prison ferme pour Naïma Salhi". TSA (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  6. ^ Rédaction, La (2022-10-06). "Deux ans de prison fermes requis contre Naïma Salhi". Le Matin d'Algérie (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  7. ^ Ouardia, Chabi (2019-05-01). "A Djelfa, la marche de soutien à Gaid Salah fait un flop, Naima Salhi chassée". TSA (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-16.
  8. ^ "L'aura intacte de Djamila Bouhired, héroïne de l'indépendance algérienne" (in French). 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2025-12-16.


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