In a live TikTok dating from September 2024, Mehdi Ghezzar, Algerian entrepreneur and according to him director of the re-election campaign of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in France, addresses his interlocutors, all from Algeria, his “ mujahideen 2.0 » as he calls them. “ True Algerians know what our president went through. He only came back stronger “, he declares, greeting Abdelmadjid Tebboune as a “ moudjahid » modern and the « Hirak trigger“. This intervention, reported by Le Figaro is part of a broad strategy aimed at mobilizing the Algerian diaspora in France to support the Algiers regime in the run-up to the presidential election.
Later, in October of the same year, Mehdi Ghezzar expressed in an interview his ambition to create a “ DZ lobby » to exploit the potential of the Algerian diaspora. Again, during a dinner organized in Paris on November 28, Mehdi Ghezzar called for increased unity within the Algerian community. “ We are attacked from all sides, we are facing a media and political war, it will get worse and worse over the coming months. We must be united and indivisible like the great and beautiful Algeria », he insisted in front of around twenty classmates made up of influential personalities, including the comedian Jhon Rachid and the influencer Coachlarage. “ Our goal is Algeria, our homeland, our passion. You are all here ambassadors of the new Algeria. We have a common goal, it is the economic, cultural, social and political development of Algeria.“, he continued.
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“We’re scary”
To applause, Mehdi Ghezzar called for solidarity within the diaspora and praised the power of his country: “We scare: we are the largest country in geographical terms, we have mining resources, gas resources, we scare people. We need to continue to develop this.»
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A controversial media figure, the man had also already been talked about during his appearance on the showThe Big Mouthson RMC, before being fired for controversial comments on Morocco.
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