Upon arrival at the Place des Martyrs, around nine thirty in the morning, the leader of the RCD, surrounded by his followers, whose number barely exceeded 60 people, and accompanied by the Honorary President of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights, Ali Yahia Abdenour, tried to pass the cordon of anti-riot police, near the arches of the Casbah Town hall headquarters, surrounded by his personal bodyguards, then headed to a car of National Security, parked in front of the headquarters of the second urban security. He climbs onto the roof of the vehicle, trampling the police logo drawn on it in an attempt to humiliate this body, especially since this is not the first time he does such things. During the march of February 12 at Place du Premier Mai, he tried to wrest the helmets of security officers who were blocking the road to protesters of the National Coordination for Change and Democracy (NCCD).
Saadi wanted the world to believe he has been dropped from the top of the vehicle by security officers who tried to stop this farce. He threw himself on the people around him, security officers and brownshirts of his party, before rising a second time on the roof of the vehicle to stay a few moments, lifting two fingers to form the "V" of victory, before being obliged to descend, he then took, with his supporters, the stairs leading to the Admiralty. Saadi was making his speech to his supporters while about 40 people from the neighborhoods adjacent to the Casbah were chanting pro-
Bouteflika... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third term, which is probably why Algerians are ready to dump him...
slogans. Saâdi left the Place des Martyrs around half past eleven.