FILE PHOTO: Algerian Prime Minister, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, speaks during the presentation of his government's Action Plan at the National PeopleÕs Assembly (APN) in Algiers, Algeria June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria’s president-elect Abdelmadjid Tebboune said in his first public comments on Friday that he would start “consultations” on drawing up a new constitution that would be put to Algerians in a referendum.

He offered a “serious dialogue” to the opposition mass protest movement, said he would institute reforms to reduce spending on imports and promised to “open a new page” for Algeria.