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Sadi opposes to the system while he is protected by its bodyguards
2011-02-15
[Ennahar] The President of the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), Said Sadi, who took part last Saturday in the march in Algiers, has surprised many people. The man was protesting against the regime but was surrounded by four officers of national security (bodyguards).

In addition, Sadi has assaulted coppers; he hit a police officer and also tried to tear the clothes of two coppers publicly. He was in the crowd, surrounded by his bodyguards assigned by public authorities. The result; Sadi hit and humiliated everyone. He was calling for overthrowing the regime and inciting to rebellion. Despite all this, he was well protected by his bodyguards, of the regime to which he was opposed, unlike the dissolved party FIS in the nineties, whose demonstrations were suppressed by the use of force and tear gas.

Both parties, FIS and RCD were in opposition. The first was against the regime of Chadli Bendjedid, the second fights the regime of Bouteflika. But the marches of the FIS were repressed by the police while the march last Saturday was greeted with kindness. We even noticed the presence of female security officers.

In the nineties, many protesters were nabbed; many of them were charged with disturbing public order and tried. Today, nobody has been nabbed or tried, although the leader of the RCD has called for the overthrow of the regime publicly. He led the banned march in person and assaulted and insulted people.

What was the reaction of the regime if the residues of the FIS, or some Islamists organized a march like this one?
Posted by:Fred

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