[5] After the Hamrouche law of 1990 authorized the creation of a private press, he successively founded several newspapers: Subsequently, he has been: In 2003, he became a columnist for Le Soir d'Algérie.

[3] He campaigns at conferences for greater freedom of the press,[7] and denounces the "democratic deficit" and corruption, factors opposing any effectiveness of Algeria's economic reforms.

[10] On 16 March, he changed his discourse and affirmed, with regard to the Hirak Movement, that "NGOs based in Geneva or London, irreducible residues of the ex-FIS and the mafia revanchists of the old system are working hard [...] to spread the slogans of civil disobedience, unrest and the use of violence".

[11] In April, he justified, as a precaution and pending a judicial decision, the suspension of two electronic media, "Maghreb émergent" and "Radio M", declaring: "Its director is a journalist who has practiced defamation, slander, and insult, against the person of Head of state", while recalling that, concerning journalists imprisoned in Algeria, it is not his role as Minister of Communication to interfere in judicial cases for which it is appropriate to await "the results of the investigations and the final decision of the court to know the content of the case".

He also said that these parties "resort to unhealthy means, including attempting to deceive public opinion and falsify the facts, but these methods have been laid bare".