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up to the minute results as they come in with correspondents across the u.s. and the rest of the world al-jazeera brings you a unique global perspective on the u.s. elections 2020. algerians have voted in a referendum they're deciding whether to approve changes to the constitution it follows months of anti-government protests and anger so there's algeria need a new constitution and how will it affect the balance of power this is inside story . hello and welcome to the program. last year algeria's protest movement toppled longtime leader abdel aziz with a flick but protesters are still demanding change because they say many of the old political elite are still in charge new president. has promised to address their

complaints on sunday his government held a nationwide referendum to approve changes to the constitution they include the introduction of presidential term limits giving more powers to parliament and allowing the military to be deployed abroad but many algerian say the changes don't go far enough will bring in our guest in a moment 1st this report from hamad of all. for nearly 2 years millions of of judeans have been demanding change they say they want to move the system of power sharing a stronger popular representation and got on to use of social individual rights. president of the machine to boon promised to address those demands through amendments to the constitution. if approved their limits presidents to serve only 2 terms in office and. give the president the ability to appoint a prime minister from his own party if it wins a majority and crucially it will give parliament the power to remove the prime

minister through a motion of no confidence. the government says the amendments respond to people's fundamental aspirations by stablish ing a genuine democracy there are more changes planned on social and individual freedoms we don't recognise this system in power and this constitution if passed will plunge us into the abyss just as the previous ashes of those in power plunged us into the abyss we do not recognize them but a form is designed to turn the page on a history of centralized powers and military intervention in our politics. i swear that whatever they do we will not stop until we achieve independence and i swear that we will continue to fight until this regime falls. the protest movement otherwise known as a dark force that is a condition of this isn't obvious is beautifully plain april last year after months of masalas but government critics see his loyalists both civilian and military

still around the country. even after the presidential election that was organized in december in an attempt to bring a change. all 5 presidential candidates in that election were part of the form of government elections for the lowest turnout in algeria as history. the date to november 1st is symbolic for judeans it's the 66th anniversary of the beginning of the war of independence from colonial fronts but the mood of national solidarity the judea witnessed on 45 years ago is largely absent today because of political diffusion. of disease. algeria has a long history of unrest that goes back more than 30 years in 1988 riots forced constitutional changes that led to the 1st multi-party system in 1902 a military coup preventing the islamic salvation front from winning elections

sparked a civil war 7 years later i see it with the flick of became president and played a role in bringing an end to the war but his bid to stand for a 5th term last year sparked mass protests and led to his resignation adam is used to and took over in a controversial election promising to launch a new algeria protesters say the government hasn't done enough to meet their demands. all right let's bring in our guests in casablanca yes man has now in the north african affairs specialist in beirut dalia hanum a resident scholar at the malcolm h. kirk carnegie middle east center and in paris i'm a research fellow at the school for the advanced studies in the social sciences welcome to each of you yes i mean let me start with you does this new constitution meet the demands of protesters who have been calling for political change. well

actually i. actually remember that as the algerians are set to vote today in a constitutional referendum which can side with the any birth 3 a very important the start of algeria juarbe independence from france who 154264 algerians with leaders b c 2 days can stick to sion as an important part of the strategy to move beyond algeria but britain and rest however many algerians as i heard you know as you know and i heard in that documentary that many algerians not of legal the participated in in the heroic street scenes typical about many things 1st if the team skeptical about the article that because to do shit and the applicability of the constitution add into that the algerian a position and we seen that during the campaign of the referendum in the in the last month that they were they rejected the the converted to sion and they you know

the of those who go to the polls and besides that because they see that because of the jewish and is the way to distract attention from the all the ruling elites continue a grip on the i think also important to know that today's referendum comes at a time when admitting that to born is puppets alive in overseas in germany and may help there ever be that the new constitution there are present at centerpiece of abenaki to boot. strategy to neutralize or actually contain that heroic movement when its pages you know that immigration last year like others eat very important when other see the b.b.c. then the issue insurances that meet the book and they wed with the with the people of these cabinets that because additional proposals were for. we reran on the

foundation of modern. new argyria as you mentioned several times while syria's main yeah i think i think you have been unable to convince very me unable to convince the opposition the lawyers and also the algerian citizen that are still treated about this current new constitution are dalia let me ask you what are the main points then proposals that are at play in this constitutional referendum yes sure but because of that i want to say something of the change of the constitution or that amendment of the constitution where never actually one of the demands of the had never asked or that this is why this is a nonevent so. as a matter of fact the constitutional revision was adopted already on friday september 11th by the council of ministers and by the national assembly and our

house of parliament and the senate so what are the what does it contain the document contained $73.00 recommendation divided into 6 main areas including strengthening the power of the separation of powers the president's prerogative the head of the government and parliament and the judiciary and the fight against corruption but mainly the president will not actually. exercise supposedly exercise more than chill consecutive or separate mandates and the prime minister will be directly accountable to parliament but behind this choice it is very important to keep in mind that actually nothing really changes. the rejean is keeping is maintaining the consistent train station of power at the palace often more idea in the hands of the president who they choose. and who chose

this we are talking here about the military assault the ministry in the remain the real locus of power and they do what they have always done in ink place a man at the presidential palace there with that hyper power and control of him this is the political domination of the military of the military story this is the political domination of the military over 3000000000 and in the nuts and 7 military relationships and algeria didn't really change since being the president of the country in 1962. opposition leaders and activists have denounced this referendum as a ploy simply for the regime to hold on to power to buy more time what do you say well we have to understand the huge prize is now in our drea if we talk about the constitution the constitution will be passed and it will be added to and algeria we

have a constitution that is has that diane mansion giving all power to all that is built on super out please the presidential powers and. presidential power is over to power means of justice in the also in real partnership and that's the 1st time that is is now i'm sure that such a constitution with the army now live the absence of to pull out you know is getting back to its old cries is political crisis if sort of what kind of balance between the military and presidential fast sad g.i. can have and it's not just the crimes is that has followed the young patients are all the reason ition of the search we since actually the regime really has not really been able to decide what kind of project what kind of vision or kind of balance between the soup. and to reach every stage he wanted but now with the

absence of people and we are even getting back to the crises that we can that has started in 1902 since the army has councils and you know it shows additions that have been ruined by that time designing citations from cities that missed the crises that it's how had her really happen and all. and yet today it is what kind of political life without real political participation can the regime untamed with the absence of to go in what kind of with illusionary dish timoci can he seal constitutionalist in if he can he can there is use to. play with we doubt recasts 00000000 without doing casting institutions without having new institutions without launching a new transition so really what is the clearing currently in altering that is

a no crime scene that is once again put to had. with the absence of to boot and there is no way that the all cheery and belgian yeah can get out is crazy and then with a new president if to pull and don't come back some yes i mean you heard. both speak a little bit about the role of the military in algeria in their answers i want to ask you to expand a little bit on that because one of the proposed changes in the constitution in the referendum now relates to the army it would allow them for the 1st time to be deployed outside of national territory on international peacekeeping missions are there concerns about what the implications of this would be for the military and for society. well i actually have because i think that that the man meant mint is is 1st of all it's very big and it was actually because of the dress you know you see like that the terrorism threat in the sahara what happens in libya in mali

and central but it's put a little bit down about the you know that the regional as it's like how these how algeria is going to deploy its you know its army and what what what benefits can it can be given to algeria in order to be people who are disarmed so i think it's it's it's it's a big it's a big big big debate and that's what what's what happened in the constituent to action is that many articles are vague and they have to be redefined not to bleed the deployments out of the army and there should be like a kind of law that structures the deployment of the army we know we know what's happening in the region you know what's happening with the conflict that is happening in libya in mali etc and little bit of issues between you know that happening between you know. morocco and and and and algeria knowing

that that algeria is also in the place are you in its installer territory so one has to re question that that the deployment and it's among the reasons that you know the people in the here are are a bit confused about all these all these articles and it's also the fact that many who didn't want to take up there are the streets despite the pandemic because because due to be men a better balance of power in the hole to steer the gentry away from other retirees and isn't so you know people in the hierarchy see that need that to be the army is still that still have as a follower even if now they're going to pull his muscular. in them at all overseas but we see that as the general of the at the end of the acting of the armed forces general that agent john kerry how conformant whoi who has not been neutral in his

position regarding the constitution why didn't you know and. karajan the alter you to go to go to the polls so i think that is that little bit you know questions and had to do everything else procedure that the going into the army overseas that that has to be really find and requests she by the international community since being elected has president suborn actually reached out to the head of a protest movement has there been any kind of dialogue. while unfortunately the answer is no and by putting in place this referendum i believe that he is aggravating something that has started on february 22nd 2019 that is the legitimacy crisis there is a profound crisis of trust and legitimacy in. let us as your

report said it 1st one should remember that the election of. one took place despite its rejection by a majority of algerians and that abstention weight was officially at 60 percent and these are official numbers so one can imagine what where what was the real numbers then you have a president. who wanted all multiplied to the declare ration of appeasement to the towards a hair of white and in practice or store set in motion the repressive machine with dozens of arrests of journalists of activists of ordinary citizen of happiness and finally at this new constitution is not a new move but actually every algerian president who came to power tried to leave his grill by putting forward and your constitution but what is really important to keep in mind is the difference between what good did and had the most. when bluefin

it back into power in 1909 was popular back then and people voted for him in addition the increase in oil revenues back then led to arise in living standards and the business class subordination to the president and his entourage today this is really hard to reproduce because of the difficult economic conditions so our journey ends are no longer in fact to be willing to accept a leadership model that produced not legitimacy but super. through dependency and what is actually in fact if i may add a little point what is actually a grubby think this is just a missile crisis based tied to constituents and the economic situation that was exacerbated by the call of it 1000 crisis and it's a poor management it's also the political class inability to implement the systemic

and genuine political changes for which algerians are calling and finally the departure of the president to germany and finally the departure of the president to germany and the total lack of transparency regarding his condition i mean judeans had to learn from the saudis that their president was sick this is a taunt in this day for the people so the people's idea and the shunned by the need are shipped in it's public statement in the constituency and as we have seen with the blessed head out of your head i can't believe the constituents they get white actually showing this thing for popular demands and cracked it that is and portugal need for the redeem something about a jury and so we're not to accept any more. critics of the government have said that one of the reasons that authorities in algeria are reluctant to open up more political space there are at least in a more definitive manner is because they're afraid that they will be held accountable for their actions during the country's civil war do you think that's

the case. well of course that that's always the case that the military has always been afraid to be held accountable and that's why this. that we need a president to be at countable for a good governance that again i believe that the real crises we are on react in algeria beyond the issue of constitution is really an end to the people that sense of a boon for the next monster and if we remember what happened in. 2019 when put fear. was not algeria as president anymore what do we did we would now as we soledad to get sound i heard the then chief armenian staff i actually feel does that actually of this. has to have this back to the head of the state and now we are in the same stew ition but we are having aggravating factors factors in terms

of this crisis cough governor mentality and balance between you not me that military power is. hardly impacted by the. health and education and social and economic crisis that has been aggravated by the cause and that has not been able to manage without. the follow ups and that you were event if as i said a new president each susan to take the place of that negative long so who anything any any any question because it will even really complicate things much more because if you remember where that the negative one came to paris he brought with him his own client tells his own plans and people who have been judged by all dreams have highly and competence of the new president is choose a he we also have to bring his own staff and it will take time and i'll do you have

now the looser regional us to those too. titles not time and there's also a problem of constance's between the top generals on the kind of 6 assert that we choose and that's also the main problem i see through shaleen and relationship with the all g.m. people and the fact that they have been largely booking the last presidential elections 2 days with him and then how can you visit to nice and you president to new presidential elections that'll be absolutely impulse people should have yes i mean we only have about 3 minutes left i want to ask you about the opposition and algeria because many have said that the opposition there has been weakened by not having effective leadership has the opposition actually been able to articulate a vision for the country. well yes they have been very active with iraq with iraq and. iraq must return. by the simple reason that they rejected

a junior dream to complain they were boycotting the people to go to the 22222 ball because because i think reported then revamp will whatever was in the constitution article doesn't go in line with the aspiration of the people of this iraq and you're talking about the language i'm talking about identity algerian and identity at the track so i think that the real taste for today and decide to go the language what then yes they then i agree with are the really good points for these guys to do we need to read the voter today we're talking about the opposition how many we go we go to vote and he now we read for example and you know we are you asking you is do you have like 63 can use that cancelled. the vote because the security reasons so one have to think the enthusiasm of the algerian people besides

the opposition and the readiness and conviction to go to to to to dibble then also during the campaign there were some obstruction of these opposition although that did a deeper from the hair act to have to do to have their say this is very important that was not really the reach. xanga way they were really imprisoning so i think that let's remember also that during the presidential election there was like a turnout of less than 40 percent of people who would go to the both will end up and say now we have only 2 percent who went to the to the poll so i think i think everything is clear i think that there be a jury in leadership really need to know and we you it's it's it's it's it's a vision that the people have given the same because. that the algerians don't have the air that there is not good governance i'm not talking about algeria but

everywhere that the altering has been effected for more than 100 years we talk about civilian war i don't think that it will be civilian war anymore because the algerian have suffered a lot because of the colonization 100 years of the internal or civil civil war but all of the need now is it is a good governance all we need now is is to find that like a good good will fare for them so i think that and for that yes they will be our. people we vote and i but i don't think it's going to be at the expectations of or at the expiration of the iraq people adding to that the recorder also. and yes i mean i guess i'm a i'm sorry i'm sorry to interrupt but wait we have run out of time so we're going to have to leave the conversation there thanks to all our guests yes mean has now it that we have on him and will because and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for

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