The army has taken control in various sectors after the sidelining of many civil servants in the wake of the protest movement that led to the fall of Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Algiers
“We are under military rule now, you know.? Corruption is over!» In a customs office ofAlgiersan employee rolls his eyes as if to scare the few citizens who have come for procedures. He may be joking, but his statement has a small effect on the audience, who are suddenly terrified.
At the beginning of July, a presidential decree generalized and clarified the terms of “detachment» of the “career military personnel and contract personnel with public civil administrations». In other words, the assignment of general and senior army officers to civilian posts, already possible since a 2006 law, is made more flexible. For example, the secondment is set at one year, renewable, up to a limit of three years with the possibility of an exceptional extension.
Customs thus saw the arrival in September 2023 of Major General Abdelhafid Bakhouche, Director of International Relations and…
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