Rassemblement pour la culture et la democratie (RCD) president Mohcine Belabbas reacted on Friday to French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements on Algeria.
In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Mohcine Belabbas said, “Emmanuel Macron practices administering lessons in democracy and governance. ”
“Addressing African leaders, he believes himself authorized to distribute certificates of legitimacy to the leaders of the ‘indigenous people that we are'”, wrote the president of the RCD, adding: “In the case of Algeria, he allows himself to issue a certificate of confidence to the Head of State. “He says he is ready to help him in what he calls a transition period. This is not a simple interference but the revelation that France is at the helm of a roadmap for our country, “he denounced.
“Mr. Macron, it is precisely the repeated interventions of official France in the sovereign choices of African countries that pose a problem. Post-colonial France is part of our problem besides being part of a painful past for Algeria and Africa. Algeria and Africa cannot indulge in a subordinate status in the service of neocolonial interests, ”Mohcine Belabbas wrote.
“African leaders, especially those elected by their peoples, must stop taking part in the France-Africa summit to which they are summoned as mere prefects to receive guidance and injunctions. Africans can afford for themselves the future to which they aspire, ”he concluded.
