2005 Algerian National Reconciliation Referendum
The 2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum took place in Algeria on 29 September 2005. The referendum was held on a Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation which had been drawn up to try to bring closure to the Algerian Civil War. The official results showed an overwhelming vote in favour on a high voter turnout, turnout. Background The Algerian Civil War, which had begun in 1991 after the military cancelled the 1991 Algerian legislative election, 1991 National Assembly elections to prevent Islamists from winning, had led to at least 150,000 people dying by 2005. Since the late 1990s violence had been declining and the government of President of Algeria, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika began drawing up plans for an amnesty for both members of the Military of Algeria, military and Islamists. The Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation that was produced would offer an amnesty to anyone who had taken part in the civil war unless they had taken part in rapes, mass ...
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Algeria
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