Youssef Adadad. Heba Press
In a remarkable development, political and human rights activist Said Bensedra has launched a scathing attack on Algeria’s ruling regime, directing harsh criticism at the current authorities led by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Bensidra confirmed in a tweet on social networks that the change that occurred after the departure of the Bouteflika regime was nothing other than a change of name of the faces in power, indicating that reality has not changed anything for the Algerian people.
According to Bensidra, the same corrupt practices and policies that exhausted the citizen and burdened them continue, calling the Bouteflika and Tebboune regimes a gang.
Bensedira posted: “We got rid of Bouteflika’s gang and crushed Tebboune’s gang… nothing has changed. »
Bensidra stressed that Algeria did not experience fundamental transformations after the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. On the contrary, Algeria today faces another version of corruption and mismanagement under the leadership of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Although many citizens hoped that Tebboune’s arrival in power would mark the start of a new phase of transparency and accountability, reality has proven that most of the old faces are still present in state bodies, and the generals continue to dominate the decision. -make keys.
One of the problems raised by Bensidra is linked to the corruption files which seem to have been left aside. The activist wondered why justice had not yet opened the corruption case linked to Ramzi Al-Asmar, the son-in-law of former Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, and his prominent partner Nassim Khou Mall Al-Bash.
Bensidra considers this case a new example of the collusion of the ruling class in Algeria with the corrupt businessmen who dominate the national economy, at a time when ordinary citizens are imprisoned for trivial matters.
According to Bensidra, justice in Algeria has become a simple tool in the hands of the authorities, used to settle political scores or to contain any protest movement likely to threaten the stability of the regime.
It is clear from this sudden transformation of Bensidra and her analysis that the change promised by the Algerian regime was only a change of facade. Corruption still dominates the state and promises of reform are still only ink on paper.
While the “capranes” continue to dominate power, it seems that Algeria is still stuck in the same vicious circle mixing corruption and tyranny of power, with no real hope of change.
