A recent DiEM25 press release celebrated the mass protests that erupted in Algeria following the announcement that the near-catatonic president Abdelaziz Bouteflika might enjoy a fifth term ruling Algeria. Now, this peaceful process has come to Algeria. This month, Algerian Prime Minister Noureddine Bedouine announced that a new Algerian parliament of ”youths and the technocrats” is in the works. Algerian elites, the military and oligarchs might just suspect that satisfying the twenty-first century cravings and career ambitions of youths will quell the demand for a more just Algeria. Others hope for an outcome resembling the Tunisian revolution: the implementation of technocracy, decorated with elements of the old Praetorian guard.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 04, 2019 12:56 UTC