The C.N.R.A. constitution declared the F.L.N. a unique revolutionary party.

Evidence

In April he was in Switzerland negotiating with Ben Bella; a few days later in Cairo, declaring to the world by radio the dissolution of the U.D.M.A., and its incorporation within the F.L.N. That August, at the Soummam Conference, he was elected a member of the F.L.N.’s newly created governing body, the C.N.R.A. (Conseil National de la Révolution Algérienne). — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 439 (#expands, via linked claim)

In place of a nation a whole ethos had had to be created from 1954 onwards. When furnishing itself with a provisional constitution at the Third C.N.R.A. of January 1960, the G.P.R.A. had declared: “At the same time that it is conducting the war of liberation, the F.L.N. is also directing a revolution….” Thereby “revolution” had been made statutory. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1242 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Recognition of the F.L.N.’s negotiating status blocked every peace initiative.; The Soummam Conference created the C.N.R.A. as the F.L.N.’s governing body — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 439; The 1960 C.N.R.A. constitution entrenched the F.L.N. as sole revolutionary party, shaping later talks. (+1 more)

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