Deg yennayer 2002, Bouteflika yanna-d dakken tutlayt tamaziɣt ad tuɣal d taɣelnawt di tmurt n Lezzayer. Dacu ur yessemres ara ayen i d-yenna, almi d 8 yebrir 2002 deg umagrad wis 03 iwumi bedlen27 : Tamaziɣt daɣen d tutlayt taɣelnawt, ddula ad teqdec i usnerni-ines, s tmeskal-ines timutlayin yemgaraden, yettwasqedcen deg ugraw n temnaḍin tiɣelnawin (...) asbeddi n tmaziɣt ur yettili ara am taɛrabt, acku taɛrabt d tutlayt taɣelnawt, yerna d tunṣibt n tmurt. Anecta mebla ma tella tɣawsa yellan d tazerfant tamsudut*.