DECRYPTION – The Socialist Forces Front, which comes from this mountainous region where abstention is traditionally very high, is participating in the presidential election for the first time since 1999.
Algiers
Youcef Aouchiche, the candidate of the Socialist Forces Front (FFS), is one of those who are defined first by what he is not. “He is not a political leader.» «It is not divisive.»“He is not Karim Tabbou»named after a former first secretary of the party who remained very media-friendly for his exploits and regular stays in prison. But the planets of the Algerian political nebula have aligned. For the first time since 1999, the FFS will present a candidate for the presidency, a race in which the young 41-year-old candidate knows that his chances of winning are zero. “And then?, a former party official gets angry. The greater interest of this participation lies elsewhere.»
Elsewhere, in Kabylie. It is in this mountainous region of north-central Algeria that Hocine Aït Ahmed, one of the nine “Sons of All Saints”, as the leaders who triggered the war of independence…
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