so will the protests stop now? I read the protesters will be pressing for more concessions since they dont trust people from the old regime overseeing the transition. Yani they were already the ones ruling since bouteflika is basically a living corpse
First Mass Protests in Algeria in Decades
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No, the protests won't stop, if anything they might become stronger.
The people didn't hate Bouteflika that much as everyone knows he's been a "living corpse" for the last 6-7 years and shouldn't have been a candidate back in 2014. I mean the guy took back his candidacy and his functions as president would've ended on April 28th anyway
If anything, some of his "clan" such as his brother Said or former prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia are much more hated than he ever was.Ironically, I kinda believe the "regime" would've been fine had they groomed a successor for Bouteflika rather than pushing for a 5th term when it was obvious he was in no state of doing so.
ive been thinking this too. like having a man who cant even speak or move on his own is insulting to the people and an obvious sign that le pouvoir is running shyt. i was under the impression le pouvoir was pretty divided on a successor and thats why they tried to run him againNo, the protests won't stop, if anything they might become stronger.
The people didn't hate Bouteflika that much as everyone knows he's been a "living corpse" for the last 6-7 years and shouldn't have been a candidate back in 2014. I mean the guy took back his candidacy and his functions as president would've ended on April 28th anyway
Ironically, I kinda believe the "regime" would've been fine had they groomed a successor for Bouteflika rather than pushing for a 5th term when it was obvious he was in no state of doing so.
do you think le pouvoir will be able or willing to make serious enough concessions to stop the protests without serious repression or escalation of force? and what could those be short of a total overhaul of the regime?
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"Battle of Algiers" is one of my favorite movies of all-time, very gripping. Since independence, Algeria has had one interventionist gov't after another (some call it socialist) and the economy's been a wreck. I remember years ago, a group of Libertarians got in trouble b/c they refused to conform to some religious law.
The "ruling elite" has been divided on him for a while. The likely answer is they didn't expect the people to rise against it as much as they did this time around.
I don't believe there would be any repression or violence at this point. There's been some beef brewing for years between high ranking military members and the "Bouteflika clan" with the former "siding" with the people over the "power". The goal of the protests wasn't just to remove Bouteflika (who once again has been unfit for the last 6-7 years) but rather the removal of a corrupted system where people aren't appointed at lofty positions because of meritocracy but rather because they tend to know or be related to "someone" (just like it is in many African or developing countries).