NARRATIVE – Failing to offer a vision worthy of the name, the outgoing president offers a reassuring face after the tremors of the Hirak and in a context of regional isolation.
Algiers
Every morning on his way to work, Khaled, the boss of a small food company, passes in front of the huge house where the campaign headquarters ofAbdelmadjid Tebboune. Deployed on the facades, giant posters. On a petrol green background, a slogan: “For a victorious Algeria»The outgoing president, a candidate for his own succession, looks into the distance and raises his right hand, indicating a direction.
“We don’t know where we’re going, but we’re going there.»the business leader says ironically. In the car, driven by a chauffeur, he tries to sort out the problems that have accumulated during the summer. Khaled embodies the Algiers middle class “more more»as they say here. Understand: his bank accounts are full enough for him to live in a house with a swimming pool, spend his August in Spain with his family and regularly go abroad, “for business» And “take a breather». Because Algeria…
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