The Secretary-General of the National Liberation Front Party, Ammar Saadani, accused, by name, the Director of the Intelligence and Security Service, Lieutenant General Mohamed Mediene, known as General Tawfiq, of failing to manage security files, including the protection of the assassinated President Mohamed Boudiaf, the Tibhirin monks, and the oil installations in the desert, and his burden Responsibility for discrediting the surroundings of President Bouteflika, and standing behind the fissures and divisions that political parties have known, calling on him to step down and resign.
Tal Ammar Saadani, in an unexpected way, the Director of the Intelligence Service, Lieutenant General Muhammad Madian, with heavy accusations that no politician has brought against him since he assumed the management of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security “DRS” in the beginning of 1990 instead of General Muhammad Bachin, and Saadani accused him in an interview with the website “Everything about Algeria” was published yesterday, with the stand behind the “attempts to destabilize” targeting the National Liberation Front party and its first official.
Ammar Saadani said regarding the gathering of signatures by the General Coordinator of the Aflan Political Bureau, Abd al-Rahman Belayat, to hold an emergency session of the party's central committee to overthrow Saadani and elect a new Secretary-General. , through his Internal Security Directorate, adding that senior officers with the rank of colonels in this directorate, which is supervised by Lieutenant General Tawfiq, approached members of the Central Committee and asked them to sign for the purpose of dismissing Saadani.
Saadani said that the Internal Security Directorate of the Intelligence Service, "which has woven very close relations with the political class, the press, and the judiciary," interfered in the work of the justice system, the media, and political parties, and added that when he spoke about the need to put an end to the intelligence's interference in the political field, He was referring to the Internal Security Directorate, about which he said it had exceeded its powers and had become behaving outside the frameworks set by the constitution.
Saadanima considered that the interference of the president's brother, Said Bouteflika, in the management of the country's fateful issues, is nothing but rumors and lies, the aim of which is to harm the reputation of the president's entourage, noting that all the executives and names that have been subjected to these campaigns are considered close to President Bouteflika, accusing The intelligence is behind these rumors, and he highlighted that when it revealed the Sonatrach scandal, it wanted to target “the former Minister of Energy, Chakib Khalil, who is considered one of the most efficient and honest Algerian tires, and during his reign Sonatrach’s production doubled and Algeria paid its debts.” Saadani turned against himself regarding his relationship with Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sallal, describing it as kind and calling him a man of reconciliation.
He accused the Algiers court of acting outside the framework of the law regarding its filing of the lawsuit against Chakib Khelil. In 2004, the caliph scandal and the target was Bouteflika, and in 2014, the goal is the same, but the scandal is different, it is Sonatrach and the extradition of Abdelmoumen Khalifa.” He said, “This case aims to prevent Bouteflika from running for another term,” wondering about the role of the intelligence officers who were present in the institutions. That pumped money into Khalifa Bank.
The speaker believes that the presence of the agents of the Internal Security Directorate at the level of all bodies, from the municipalities to the Presidency of the Republic, suggests that the regime in Algeria is not civil, highlighting that the corrective movements known to the political parties were a fabrication of the intelligence service, and he said, “many Political parties have fallen victim to the interventions of the intelligence apparatus, such as the Aflan, the parties of Sheikh Abdullah Jaballah, and the Socialist Forces Front.
Saadani directed an explicit invitation to the intelligence service to carry out its constitutionally defined tasks, which are security issues, and said, “The place of the army is in the barracks.” He asked, “What does a colonel in the intelligence do inside the National Assembly headquarters? And with what right to participate in the meetings of the Central Committee? Before revealing that officials' phones are being tapped by the latter, although the judge is the only one authorized to order that, he added that colonels impose themselves and monitor governors, heads of departments, and local officials.
The Secretary-General of Al-Aflan went further, while talking about the tasks of the Internal Security Directorate, and accused the latter of failing to manage many security files, and explained that instead of assuming the task of prevention, it was only keen to monitor political parties, the press and the judiciary, and said It was unable to protect the assassinated President Mohamed Boudiaf, and the Secretary-General of the General Union of Algerian Workers, the late Abdelhak Ben Hammouda, just as it was unable to protect the seven Tibehirine monks who were assassinated in the state of Medea, as well as the Government Palace and the headquarters of the United Nations in Algiers, which were targeted years ago by operations A suicide bomber, in addition to not protecting the oil installations in the south, referring to the terrorist attack that targeted the beginning of last year in Tventurine. Saadani also added that “DRS” could not protect President Bouteflika, who was subjected to an assassination attempt in Batna, and said that after all this “ General Tawfik was supposed to resign from his post.”
Saadani held the intelligence service responsible for any harm he was subjected to, and said, "If I was exposed to any harm, then General Tawfiq is responsible."
Politicians' reactions to Saadani's statements
The interpretations and readings of a number of politicians and observers of the conclusion of the Secretary-General of Al-Aflan, Ammar Saadani, intersected in his accusations against the head of the intelligence service, Lieutenant General Mohamed Mediene, while reservations were recorded for others, especially among members of the Political Bureau of the National Liberation Front, who are affiliated with Saadani.
Balayat: I do not receive instructions from Tawfik, and you are the one who moves with a spur
The former coordinator of the Aflan Political Bureau, Abd al-Rahman Belayat, refuted the accusations made by the party's Secretary-General, Ammar Saadani, regarding the intelligence service and General Tawfiq standing behind his moves against Saadani.
Belayat said in a statement to Al-Shorouk: “I exercise my legal powers, and I do not take orders from Tawfiq or anyone else,” stressing that he neither needs nor allows anyone to interfere in decision-making and the running of the affairs of the upcoming party.
Belayat addressed Saadani, saying: “You know me well, Ammar, because I am not the type to be conferred.” He added that he was working with members of the Central Committee in order to save the party from the situation that Saadani had brought him into.
Belayat accused Saadani of moving at the behest of parties that he avoided mentioning by name or even referring to, and confirmed that Saadani does not represent the party, and accused him of impersonating the Secretary-General of the ruling party, vowing to overthrow him from the head of the so-called as soon as possible.
Belayat replied to his opponent in the party that the destabilization of the Aflan began on August 29, the date of Ammar Saadani's appointment as Secretary-General of the party, and then continued on November 16, the date of the inauguration of the political bureau, and ended with the exclusion of the conservatives.
Retired Major General Abdul Aziz Mujahid:
Saadani is politically ignorant and his publication aims to cover up the shame he committed
Retired Major General Abd al-Aziz Mujahid presented two readings of Ammar Saadani's output. The first is that Saadani is ignorant of politics, and the second is to cover up his shortcomings.
The former commander of the multi-armed military academy in Cherchell said in a statement to Al-Shorouk that the media output of Saadani confirms that the man has no political culture, and that he is not imbued with the culture of the state. The enemy is his enemy.”
The retired general explained that if Saadani had the culture of the state, and knew the status of justice, he would have filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor regarding the accusations he leveled against the Director of the Intelligence and Security Service, Lieutenant General Muhammad Madian, wondering at the same time about the purpose of this “maneuver”? Before he went on, “Is it to cover up his faults and shortcomings, and the shame he committed in his personal life!?”
The speaker believes that a normal and respected citizen does not affect the security of his state or its institutions, and if he discovers these defects, he works to correct them with the legal methods available to him, wondering why Saadani did not move when he was the second man in the state, “president of the National People’s Assembly.” “Is it because he just discovered General Tawfik?” The speaker asks, adding that if the words Saadani says are true, then it was just “vegetables on top of the food” at the time, but if it was a lie, then it is a tendentious statement.
Rahabi: Saadani acts like a drowning man
The former Minister of Communication, Abdel Aziz Rahabi, likened the statements of the Secretary-General of the old party to the cries of a drowning man, and he believes that what Saadani did does not contribute to creating a calm electoral atmosphere.
The former Algerian ambassador to Spain believes that Saadani's statements, which take on a political nature, indicate the existence of a major political crisis in the country, wondering about the extent of the responsibility of the President of the Republic, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, for this situation, given that he is "Bouteflika" the honorary president of the Flan who Saadani spoke in his name, and at the same time he was Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, of which the Intelligence and Security Service is one of its directorates.
The spokesman believes that Saadani's statements are conclusive evidence of burying the possibility of President Bouteflika's candidacy for a fourth term, given that Interior Minister Tayeb Belaiz's denial of the president's withdrawal of signature collection forms for the presidential elections is a blow to the "drumpers" of the fourth term, who based their discourse on the slogan of "stability." The country remains with Bouteflika.
Manasra: Why doesn't Saadani talk about the intelligence forgery in favor of the afflicted?
The head of the Change Front, Abdul Majeed Manasra, said, "Saadani is a political man, and he is free in his statements," highlighting that his formation was the first to call for the civilization of the ruling regime in the country, but he believes that Algeria does not need a struggle of this kind.
Manasra explained, "If Saadani's accusations are issued by an opposition party, they are acceptable, but if they are issued by the ruling party, that is a problem, because he has nothing but implementation, given that the President of the Republic is the honorary president of the party in whose name Saadani speaks, so the decision is in his hand."
The speaker believes that Saadani's statements may precede subsequent decisions, and he conceals many matters, especially since they are "diagnostic" accusations that come only weeks before the presidential elections, before he classifies Kharja Saadani in the "ring of political conflict in the hierarchy of power."
Manasra reprimanded Saadani for not talking about the use of the judiciary in the elections, and for not criticizing the use of the security establishment for the administration in the elections, the latest of which is the legislative one in which the fauns get 220 seats in Parliament.
Members of the Political Bureau:
Saadani is responsible for his statements, and this is not how things are handled
Members of the Aflan Political Bureau refused to comment on the departure of their Secretary-General, arguing that they did not know the contents of the statements.
The member of the political bureau of the party, in charge of organization, Mustafa Mazouzi, said, "Everyone has his powers, we are members of the political bureau with our powers, and the secretary-general with his powers," adding that Saadani is the secretary-general of the party, and he is responsible for his statements.
As for whether the political bureau, which gathered the day before yesterday, discussed the issue of the military institution, Mazzouzi said, "We do not discuss these issues in the meetings of the political bureau."
As for his colleague in the political bureau, the party’s spokesperson, Al-Saeed Bouhajja, although he was not informed of the issue, as he said, he confirmed by saying, “It is not in this way that things are handled,” noting that the issue of the “conflict” of the party’s general secretary, with The intelligence service went back 4 months ago, accusing unnamed parties of “feeding the conflict and diluting the issue.”
Buhajja confirmed in a statement to Al-Shorouk that the approach of the current political bureau of the future party and its endeavor lies in working to close ranks, unity and understanding, calling for directing the question to Saadani, because he is the only one who has - according to Buhaja - the data that makes him make these statements, commenting According to what was stated in the statements of the Secretary-General of the Al-Atid Party, saying, “If it was stolen with a pretext, it does not mean that it was the so-and-so who stole.”