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An in-depth reading of this reference text reveals its many characteristics and immutable principles, which transcend the spatio-temporal context of its writing, thus creating unanimity among all national political trends during the past seven decades.
It also constitutes a fundamental reference for the 2020 Constitution, which defined the contours of the new Algeria, whose President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, laid the foundations, including the consecration of national cohesion and unity values, the promotion of inclusive dialogue and the establishment of a democratic, social and sovereign Algerian State, as part of Islamic principles.
As for the main characteristics of the November 1st Proclamation, this document had opened the way for all national forces to join the National Liberation Front (FLN) and had succeeded in rallying the Algerian people to the cause of independence, by addressing them directly with the expression: “To the Algerian people, to the militants of the national cause.”
The Proclamation also emphasized the necessity of placing national interest above all petty and erroneous considerations of individuals and prestige, and offered the possibility to all Algerian patriots from all social classes, all parties and purely Algerian movements, to integrate into the liberation struggle without any other consideration.
The November 1st Proclamation established the notion of collegial leadership. Before making it public, the six historical leaders (Mohamed Boudiaf, Larbi Ben M'hidi, Mustapha Ben Boulaid, Krim Belkacem, Didouche Mourad and Rabah Bitat) met on 23 October 1954, in Rais Hamidou (Algiers), to validate the text, about which all historians agree that its drafting was collective.[/ecr]