Statement by the Organizing Committee for the Reconstitution of the Fourth International (OCRFI)

On 10 October 2019, the French weekly newspaper Informations Ouvrieres, the publication of the CCI and its international grouping, published a document titled: “Her lawyers reveal what Louisa Hanoune said to the judge in the Bilda military court.”

The OCRFI and its organisations took a public position as early as 9 May 2019 against Louisa Hanoune’s arrest, and reiterated that public position when the Bilda military court sentenced her to 15 years in prison. This is a principled position of unconditional solidarity against repression, which obviously doesnot mean political agreement with Louisa Hanoune and her party.

Louisa Hanoune and her party have every right to carry out the policy they have chosen. The OCRFI has every confidence in the Algerian workers’ ability to identify and choose which parties represent their interests, and which do not represent…