In the run-up to Algeria’s May 10th legislative elections, former Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leaders are calling for a boycott. Abbassi Madani and Ali Belhadj issued a joint statement on Tuesday (March 13th) describing the government as “illegitimate” and alleging authorities had a history of falsifying elections.
The FIS boycott call comes after the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) issued its own rejection of the elections and despite personal appeals by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika encouraging Algerians to turn out and vote. Madani, in exile in Qatar, and Belhadj, who lives in Algeria, said that “radical regime change will only come about through abstention at the next election”. The two
Islamist leaders spoke out against “the pressure and threats used by the regime against the Algerian public to force them to vote in large numbers on May 10th”.
They also criticised the reforms introduced by President Bouteflika as having been dictated by the wind of Arab revolt, saying they remain “superficial” and “temporary”. (...)

The article:
http://www.eurasiareview.com/18032012-algeria-former-fis-leaders-call-for-election-boycott/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29

Sull'argomento:

http://www.osservatorioiraq.it/algeria-agitazioni-che-stonano-con-una-soporifera-campagna-elettorale

http://www.medarabnews.com/2012/04/24/una-seconda-chance-per-gli-islamici-d%E2%80%99algeria/

Gli ultimi sviluppi:

http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=15817

http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2012-05-12/algeri-stop-avanzata-islamica-102854.shtml?uuid=AbwvpVbF

50 anni di indipendenza:

http://www.gfbv.it/2c-stampa/2012/120314it.html

Passato...prossimo:
https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4115:lalgeria-va-controcorrente&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105