Jil Jadid celebrated this Saturday, March 11 the 12th anniversary of its creation. The opportunity for its president Soufiane Djilali to take stock and express his observation of the political, economic and social situation in Algeria.
In a long speech delivered on this occasion, the president of Jil Jadid evoked the era of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the chaotic end of his reign, the hirak, unleashed some pikes in the direction of his adversaries and evoked the situation of freedoms in Algeria.
He explains that at the end of Bouteflika’s third term, Algeria had at its head a “fool while hungry and shameless oligarchs began to emaciate the country. »
Soufiane Djilali: the hirak saved Algeria
For Soufiane Djilali , it was the hirak that saved Algeria. “Whatever the attempts to recover it, it will have allowed Algeria to get rid of a regime that was endangering the nation”, underlines the president of Jil Jadid, recalling the commitment in his party on the way of the “refusal of compromise” and during the hirak.
“You will not be surprised if I tell you that more than ever I remain convinced that it is indeed a form of naive and stubborn radicalism which has put the success of the Hirak into perspective. I say “relative the success” because for me, there was not a failure but a relative success”, analyzes Soufiane Djilali.
Soufiane Djilali recalls that Algeria “went through an extremely dangerous period from 2013 when the army and the security services were weakened by internal tensions which had led to purges, sometimes accompanied by the arrests of very senior officials. If the security institutions had split, we could have lived through a nightmarish period. »
If he remains critical of the management of the country after the hirak, Soufiane Djilali notes that “at the start of 2023, we can say that Algeria has regained sufficient internal coherence to face the rest of the events. From this angle, Algeria comes a long way. »
In the register of criticism, Soufiane Djilali deplores the marginalization of political parties in Algeria. “First, the political class is in escheat, and that is not good. The political scene has been emptied of its substance. Political parties are seen as useless if not harmful entities. However, you cannot build a democracy by stifling political parties. »
Soufiane Djilali believes that if “clear” and “objective” rules must regulate an apprenticeship in democracy, subjecting the parties to “finicky rules” and to a “form of ostracism” and “marginalization will not lead to the consensus that Algeria needs. »
Continuing her observation of the situation in Algeria, Soufiane Djilali believes that in terms of freedoms, “the whole of political society is feeling uneasy”.
“If all patriots understand that the authority of the state must be restored, we must however recognize a form of disorderly agitation in the reframing of some of our fellow citizens,” he adds.
He warns that “too much pressure can lead to distrust, even a form of rebellion on the part of honest citizens. »
Soufiane Djilali believes that a “crisis of confidence can set in, especially since political parties, unions and especially the media seem paralyzed. Only foreign agitators are happy with this windfall: the field of public opinion is freed up for them. »
He deplores the situation of private televisions which have “fallen back into a conformism worthy of the 70s” and news websites which are “still blocked”!
Freedoms in Algeria: the warning of Soufiane Djilali
Soufiane Djilali adds that if politicians and the media lose their credibility then there “will be no more intermediation between the authorities and national opinion. »
Soufiane Djilali says “to insist in particular on the problem of pre-trial detention which is implemented too easily and to the detriment of the litigant when it should be exceptional. »
In her speech, Soufiane Djilali criticizes the immobility of the government which has been “formed” and “reformed several times but does not seem to be geared towards reality. »
“Apart from the presidential objectives defined during the electoral campaign, the government does not seem to bring any added value and gives the feeling of being disarticulated, becoming more a source of blockage than a body of impulse and initiative” , he points.
On the economic level, Soufiane Djlilali underlines a “significant effort at the macroeconomic level to rebalance the economic fundamentals”, and to “maintain purchasing power with wage increases and the institution of social aid. »
However, he adds, at the microeconomic level, the “difficulties are still there. The consumer complains about prices, inflation has run rampant, being largely imported since our production remains modest. Sporadic shortages occur and national production does not start in earnest. The management of the productive or commercial sector of the public sector remains mediocre. »
Soufiane Djilali believes that if the President of the Republic “offers great ambitions, in practice we often have, in the executive, mediocrity, incompetence and unfortunately still far too much corruption! »
