Friday 29 October 2010

In Algeria, 10% live in luxury (all senior officials + narcotics mafia + mafia of white slaves) and the rest eat dirt, die by bullets or die in prison…

Lately I was speaking to a friend of mine who is of is an Algerian Berber and lives in Glasgow about his country and this is what he told me;
"I was never an Algerian citizen. But I was born in a country called Algeria of humiliation and shame, sorry Algeria of pride and dignity as did the (expletive) Bouteflika (president) say. In Algeria, 10% live in luxury (all senior officials + narcotics mafia + mafia of white slaves) and the rest eat dirt, die by bullets or die in prison…

The enemy of my country hasn't changed. After the exit of the coloniser (France), a worse enemy has settled. Corruption has progressed terribly at all levels. The killings of Boudiaf, Kassidi, Merbah, Ali Tounsi and others all fall into this context organised by the 5 Mafia generals and their accomplice Bouteflika who ruled the country with a brutal force and merciless killings of Algerians (150,000) during the ongoing civil which were blame on the terrorists and now they want to stir Maghreb strife, shake security and stability, impoverish and humiliate the Algerian people and by doing so they have destroy and erase the memory of the revolution, the million and half martyrs who give willing their lives to see Algeria free and democratic.

Robberies and scandals in my country have become very common. What is not ordinary is to find its institutions scandal-free, but only organised chaos initiated by a corrupted government made up with scum and traitors to the long suffering population. They vow to make the Algerian people the poorest creatures of G-d on earth, in spite of the enormous resources of my country.

I'm 42. I am a free Algerian because I live in Scotland where freedom of speech is respected and protected. I've endured hardships in the country of wealth and goodness. I've become convinced of and reached one conclusion about my country, Algeria: Everyone who's reached a position can collect a fortune, even to the detriment of ordinary citizens. He doesn't wait a second in plundering anything he can. He even sells the country and people for money, prestige and prosperity."

A one-party system was in place for more than 25 years, characterised by an undermining of liberty, an enormous petroleum windfall, and a dramatic rise in corruption. A democratic opening in 1989 was followed by a long period of Islamist terrorism and state violence, a civil war that left more than 200,000 dead mostly at hands of the military. Petty corruption has spread throughout society and grand corruption has eaten away at state institutions. Poverty continues to ravage society. What is the solution for Algeria? How can it get out of this impasse?
Not an easy task to start with for the Algerian population, the people must get rid of Mafia military systems wish rule there. It is clear that in order to understand the emergence and expansion of corruption in Algeria, one has to take into account the role of hydrocarbons in the economy.

Renaud Sarda

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