Shortly after independence MPs abandoned party lines for personal alliances

Evidence

Abbas’s reaction was to bury the hatchet with Messali, and on 14 March in the fateful town of Sétif, and in another rare moment of unity, all the principal components of nationalism joined hands in a new grouping called Amis du Manifeste et de la Liberté (A.M.L.). In the most precise terms yet, it restated its aim as being “to propagate the idea of an Algerian nation, and the desire for an Algerian constitution with an autonomous republic federated to a renewed French republic, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist”. This new brief moment of unity was to perish finally amid the bloodshed and recriminations of Sétif the following year; nevertheless, the A.M.L. declaration did establish a principle of immense political and propaganda importance. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The National Assembly was no longer the symbol of free speech and fair play for all citizens. It was now widely regarded cynically as a sordid market-place where, with little concern for the interests of those who had voted for them, deputies traded their votes for personal gain. Deputies were ferried about in sumptuous limousines, bearing the magic registration letters A.N. (Assembled Nazionale) which the inveterate poor of the capital translated with grim humour as anna nolahay: ‘I’m all right, Jack’. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 507 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: National party blocs dissolved into local lineage factionalism by 1967.; Somali MPs legislated a 24,000 shilling payout for their own electoral losses.; Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122 (+1 more)

Related

• Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief (similarity 0.84)
• Somali MPs legislated a 24,000 shilling payout for their own electoral losses. (similarity 0.80)
• The Somali parliament lost legitimacy as deputies traded votes for personal gain (similarity 0.79)
• Black class alliances with northern capital were inherently short-lived and opportunistic (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief #corroborates (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122
• The Somali parliament lost legitimacy as deputies traded votes for personal gain #expands (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 507