In Algeria, the region and town of Tiaret located 250 km west of Algiers have had a terrible lack of water for months. During the weekend and therefore, on the day of Eid al-Adha, it experienced unprecedented demonstrations and road blockages. These events unfortunately took place on June 16 and 17, so the population was waiting for solutions before the Eid el-Adha festival that the favorite puppet of the khaki puppets of Algiers had firmly promised.
Many sheep slaughtered afterwards, it is clear that very little water will have flowed under the “Kharrouba” cart bridge, at least if it still exists. Indeed, the inhabitants of Tiaret are still protesting against the serious shortage of drinking water which is hitting the city and surrounding areas by organizing demonstrations and road blockages in the Tiaret region. A water shortage problem that the slave president, freed from the capos of Algiers, had nevertheless promised to resolve before Eid al-Adha.
The promise to resolve the water crisis before Eid al-Adha was the promise of more. During the council of ministers of June 2, an emergency plan was ordered. Ministers were sent there, and a plan was announced. The Minister of Water Resources returned on June 14 to inaugurate a temporary supply system, but the results were paltry.
Water, a paper promise that flows dry
Since his appointment in December 2019, the senile favorite of the capos of Algiers, has continued to multiply promises that are as ambitious as they are hollow. For the residents of Tiaret, this charade reached its climax on June 16 and 17, when demonstrations and road blockages broke out. The cause ? Even if it means rehashing it, a shortage of drinking water, a problem that the poorly elected raïs had promised to resolve before Eid al-Adha. But it seems that residents were more likely to see flying sheep than water flowing from their taps to quench their thirst.
Images on social networks speak for themselves. Roads blocked by stones and improvised barricades, exasperated citizens preventing the prefect from leaving his office in Rahouia, 40 km from Tiaret. The scene could have been funny if it wasn’t so tragic. Since May, the watercourses of this semi-desert region and the Bakhedda dam, the only source of supply, have been dry. The few cosmetic measures taken at the beginning of June, notably the sending with great fanfare of the Ministers of the Interior and Hydraulic Resources to present a “miraculous” plan, have still changed nothing.
No media coverage
The situation in Tiaret did not find any echo in the Algerian media, far too busy singing the praises of the president designated by the hoods of Algiers. Meanwhile, citizens of Tiaret continue to queue in front of water trucks, hoping for a few liters of water to survive. A burlesque and tragic scene which perfectly sums up the management of the country by a military junta which cares nothing for the needs of its people.
Between Tiaret and the neighboring towns of Frenda and Boucheguif, one can easily see videos on social media of roads blocked by stones and improvised barricades. In reality, the water shortage is only the latest in a long list of promises broken by the seniles on the balcony of the Muppets show made in Algeria.
Since sharing power after the forced resignation and death of their predecessors, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, chased out by the Hirak pro-democracy movement and Ahmed Gaïd Salah assassinated by his successor, the two rascals have had a field day in each other. showing himself to be more adept at making promises than keeping them.
In 2020, the duo promised to diversify the Algerian economy, fight corruption, and modernize infrastructure. But the economy remains dependent on hydrocarbons, corruption is endemic, and infrastructure is falling into ruin.
A puppet raïs under the control of the junta
Far from the image of a reformer, the raïs with the unpronounceable name revealed himself to be a master of repression under the orders of his mentor, the senile man in diapers. Hirak demonstrations were crushed, leaders imprisoned, and freedom of expression stifled. Promises of democratization have evaporated, replaced by a return to fear and forced silence. The rare demonstrations, like those in Tiaret, are bursts of anger in a stifling climate.
The reality is cruel, the raïs is only a pawn on the chessboard of the capos. In Algeria, it is the military who hold the reins and, no matter what, the raïs carries out orders. His promises are just speeches dictated by the junta, which rules the country with an iron fist. It is the junta that makes the decisions, and the farce continues. Economic, social and political reforms never see the light of day, because they were never really wanted by the puppeteers in uniform.
Despite a disastrous record, the senile man with the unpronounceable name is omnipresent in the media, inaugurating projects and participating in international summits. As the date of the snap presidential election approaches, there is no doubt that the junta plans to keep him in office, a convenient puppet who distracts the people while the real decisions are made behind the scenes.
