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The debates on the 2026 finance bill (PLF) began this Sunday at the National People’s Assembly (APN) and will continue until tomorrow, with night sessions, given the large number of registered speakers, namely 258. The first interventions of elected officials oscillated between approval of the bill and reservations on certain provisions of the text of the law.
After the presentation of the PLF 2026 by the Minister of Finance, Abdelkrim Bouzred, before the elected representatives of the Lower House of Parliament, in the presence of several members of the government, as well as the report of the finance and budget committee of the APN, the floor was given to the deputies to debate this text of law which carries the state budget for the year 2026.
The first elected official to speak, Slimane Zerkani, of the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP), questioned the means and tools that will make it possible to fill the budget deficit.
According to him, the PLF 2026 does not provide for these mechanisms, however commending the government for having established the PLF within the allotted time frame. The fact of having consumed only 70% of the previous finance law “is not an achievement, but a dysfunction”, calling for the reorientation, at least of part, of unforeseen expenditure, for the financing of local development projects.
Independent MP, Mohamed Anouar Bouchrit, for his part, welcomed the provisions of the PLF. An evaluation which does not prevent, he said, from mentioning certain “shortcomings”. Affirming that this bill is not simply “a technical operation”, he underlined the need to make this PLF “a starting point for a productive economy which will generate added value”.
He underlined, in this sense, the need to activate economic development mechanisms which will produce the expected effects everywhere and in different sectors, to encourage productive investments that create wealth, highlighting the great potential of the country. This is not enough, however, according to the independent MP who calls for the lifting of administrative obstacles and bureaucratic practices, which will notably involve the digitalization of the tax system.
Members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) also spoke during this first debate session. Welcoming the country’s financial policy, Zakaria Bedroun highlighted the fact of not having abandoned the principle of preserving the social character of the State “with measures that improve the purchasing power of citizens”, in addition to encouraging investment. The fact of devoting a larger budget within the framework of the PLF 2026 reflects “the desire of the President of the Republic to continue development efforts”.
This observation does not prevent, according to him, from exposing certain observations, mainly relating to the granting of economic land.
According to him, “thousands of investors are waiting for the allocation of land to realize their project”, calling, moreover, for the revision of the subsidy system as well as the establishment of fair taxation.
Riadh Henachi from the same political party, for his part, pointed out the particular context in which the PLF 2026 was established, which did not prevent, he asserted, from “preserving the purchasing power of citizens”, “improving the business climate” as well as “controlling the major financial balances”.
Certain points are nevertheless called for improvement, said Mr. Henachi, referring to the absence of indicators allowing the evaluation of the level of achievement of the objectives set, while recommending the digitalization of the tax system. And this, he recommended, through the establishment of a unified system which brings together different services concerned, like taxes, customs and the NRC, with a view to reducing tax evasion and increasing state revenue.
For independent MP Brahim Aftouche, more funds are needed to finance various development and investment projects. Noting the dependence on hydrocarbon revenues, the independent elected official stressed the need to continue the process of diversifying the national economy. It is time, he added, to restart the economic machine and diversify revenues, signaling, moreover, the visibility offered by the establishment of the finance law within the framework of law 18-15.