Algeria .. The dream of a Bedouin government may end before it begins

Algerian Prime Minister-designate Noureddine Badawi faces serious obstacles to forming an agreed "expanded government of competencies" after opposition parties and 12 unions rejected his call for consultation.

On Sunday, Badawi began his first consultations to form a government of expanded capacities in Algeria, which is witnessing an unprecedented popular movement demanding the departure of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's regime since February 22.

On 11 March Bouteflika announced the dismissal of the government, the withdrawal of his candidacy for a fifth term, the postponement of the presidential elections in response to the demands of the street, and assigned his Minister of Interior Noureddine Badawi to form a new government of competencies.

However, most of the opposition parties announced their refusal to participate in the government, most notably the movement of "peace society" and "Vanguards of Freedoms" led by former Prime Minister Ali bin Flis; while activists of the movement held the need to form a government of consensus, headed by an independent and unaccounted for the system.

In a press conference last Thursday, Badawi called on all opposition parties and activists to contribute to forming the new government.

But successive decisions rejecting invitations and opposing them by opposition parties and trade unions have made the formation of a new government compatible with them unlikely.

On Sunday, the Independent Union of Education Unions, which includes six trade unions for education, announced its refusal to invite the prime minister to hold a consultative meeting and called for a transition period with a national unity government.

The bloc justified its refusal to be "involved in the popular movement rejecting the decisions contained in the president's letter" and accused the authorities of "not paying attention" to the voices of millions of Algerians who went out on March 15.

On the same road, the Independent Council of Teachers of Higher Education and Scientific Research went on to turn its back on Badawi's invitation and said that it has been involved in the national movement with the Algerian people since February 22, and its natural place among the people to defend its demands and achieve its legitimate aspirations.

Later Sunday evening, an independent health union bloc announced its refusal to meet the prime minister's invitation to participate in the consultation.

The bloc said in a statement that the meeting was not commensurate with the demands of the popular movement since its launch on 22 February.

Bets lost
The professor of the Faculty of Information at the University of Algiers Tawfiq Boudaadp that the Authority tried to bet on these unions in order to search for legitimacy and exit for the next stage.

He added that the stakes have become open and known to all, so the unions are difficult to walk contrary to the will of the people, pointing out that the unions have shown that it is a single block coherent and difficult for the system to maneuver.

While the political analyst Professor of the Faculty of Information at the University of Algiers Abdel-Razzaqi that it is very difficult for the system or any other party to penetrate 22 million Algerians, in reference to the estimates of participants in the popular movement.

On February 22, popular demonstrations were launched in Algiers and various provinces, rejecting Bouteflika, 82, for a fifth term in an election scheduled for April 18.

In light of this, Bouteflika announced the dismissal of Ahmed Ouyahia's government, the withdrawal of his candidacy for a fifth term and the postponement of the presidential elections, as well as the call for a dialogue conference leading to constitutional amendment and new elections in which he will not run.

However, those decisions did not stop the protests, which the opposition considered an extension of the Algerian president's rule and "a departure from the popular movement demanding his departure."