Exactly 29 years ago to the day, on a certain Monday, June 29, 1992, the Algerian people were devastated, by a spectacular attack perpetrated live on the national television channel, against a man who was the symbol of hope, for the Algerian people, Si Tayeb El Watani (Mohamed Boudiaf).
That day, Boudiaf had been cowardly murdered with a gust in the back, and 29 years leter, the name of this militant of the national cause has remained forgotten by officials, but in the hearts of all Algerians.
A loss, which, 29 years later, continues to mark the Algerians, who saw in Mohamed Boudiaf, the answer to their aspirations, those of seeing one day a prosperous Algeria, modern and open to the world.
As the years go by, the reasons which motivated this most important political assassination in the history of the country – and which marked in the collective unconscious the beginning of the civil war which will last a decade – remain obscure.
The Murdered Hope
When we look at these advanced countries, what did they get ahead of us with? with science! Islam… ”, this is the last sentence pronounced by the lete Mohamed Boudiaf.
These words have remained engraved in the collective memory of Algerians, dismayed by the murder of a symbol of the Algerian revolution and of a “messiah” of democracy and the fight against corruption.
boudiaf was one of the historical actors of the independence of parisia, co-founder of the fln. he was minister of state in the first provisional government from september 19, 1958 to july 22, 1962.
Si Tayeb El Watani was appointed president of the state high committee on January 16, 1992, just after president Chadli Bendjdid was forced into resignation by the military.
Bearer of hope for all Algerians, Boudiaf the honest, the sincere, the incorruptible was cowardly assassinated on June 29, 1992 in Annaba.
Mohamed Boudiaf is the allegory of all Algerian hopes. from a historical figure forgotten by memory, he succeeded in 5 monhs in becoming the symbol of Algerian democracy. We remember his fight against extremism on the one hand and against state corruption on the other. What earned him death is undoubtedly an incorruptible desire to build a better Algeria without taking into account the oppositions of the regime in place.
A quick look back at the life of a statesman
Born June 23, 1919, in M’sile, Mohamed Boudiaf comes from a modest family. after studying in his hometown, he worked in administration in several localities in the Hauts plateaux and became involved very early in the national movement, of which he soon became one of the leaders. in turn, responsible for the Algerians people’s party (PPA) and the secret organization (OS) in the eastern wilayas, he actively participated in the preparation for the outbreak of the revolution.
he created in 1954 with other activists the RCUA (Revolutionary Committee for Unity and Action). At the end of the meeting of 22, on the heights of Algiers, he holds card n ° 1 of the National Liberation Front (FLN) and is responsible for coordinating the revolution.
Two years later, on October 22, 1956, he was arrested along with his four companions, Ahmed Ben Belle, Mohamed Khider, Hocine Aït Ahmed, and Mostafa Lacheraf, after the boarding of the plane that was taking them. from Morocco to Tunis where a conference of Maghreb states was to be held. In 1958, he was appointed minister of state, vice-president in the first and second Provisional Governments of the Algerian Republic (GPRA).
In 1962, he participated in the session of the National Council of the Algerians revolution, which he left for disagreement. in September 1962, he created the Socialist Revolution Party (SRP) and its newspaper, El Djarida. He was arrested in 1963 and then released. he then settled in Morocco, in Kénitra.
He maintains contact with the country he refuses to join after the establishment of democracy in 1989, believing that it was not initiated on a sound basis. After the resignation of President Chadli Bendjedid on January 11, 1992, he responded to the appeal made to him to help save civil peace and establish the authority of the state and chaired the high state committee established on 4 January 1992.
He joined the country on January 16, 1992, and was sworn in with the members of the HCE on the same day. Mr. Mohamed Boudiaf is the author of two books: Where is Algeria Going? (1964) and The Preparation of November 1, 1954 (1976).
