Between the insistence of the army and the rejection of the street .. What fate for the presidential elections in Algeria?

Amal Tahrawi - Algeria

While the political and military authorities in Algeria insist on moving forward in the constitutional process to resolve the political crisis and elect a new president, Algerians are rallying in the streets across all the states of the country, rejecting any entitlements under the current regime under the slogan "What is the election of the gangs?"

Algerian army chief of staff Lieutenant-General Ahmed Kayed Saleh renewed in his latest speech his commitment to the constitutional solution, holding the presidential elections to avoid falling into the trap of constitutional vacuum and hastening the formation of the Independent Electoral Commission in an attempt to convince the demonstrators who reject the elections for fear of fraud and stealing votes.

However, the response came from the streets of Algerian cities, which witnessed marches of students stuck to the rejection of the elections and the demand for the departure of all symbols of the former regime, headed by the remnants of "Albayat", referring to the interim President Abdul Qadir bin Saleh and Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi, who was associated with fraud when he was Former Minister of Interior.

"In the absence of guarantees for fair and transparent elections, we must first neutralize and hold all members of the gang and provide adequate guarantees to protect the votes of voters, while supporting a constitutional declaration that guarantees a presidential body, A transitional government that meets the demands of the movement, in addition to a new electoral law is not the size of the resigning president. "

While the popular rejection of the July 4 election is widening, the deadlines are dwindling and the chances of organizing these elections are diminishing. None of the more than 70 people who have expressed their intention to run is a person who is able to win the confidence of the actors in the movement.

Despite Kharja, army chief and his determination on the elections, most of the indicators refer to an imminent constitutional declaration to postpone the presidency, and overcome any collision with the street, which has been an exceptional situation for more than three months.

In the quest for constitutional solutions, the former member of the Constitutional Council, Amer Rakhila, affirms that the statements of the army chief of staff "suggest that the presidential elections may be postponed, but not for a period of transition, as some would imagine, but only for weeks, as stipulated in Article 103 of the constitution, Days after the President of the State exercises his functions after the application of the provisions of this article. "

In the opinion of Rakhilah that the bond used by the Constitutional Council to postpone the elections is the inability to conduct elections on the pretext of the lack of qualified candidates.

For her part, constitutional law expert Fatihah Ben Abbou said that Algeria is living a real dilemma with the rejection of part of the people for these elections, but it is inevitable to reconcile the constitutional option to avoid falling into the constitutional vacuum and the demand of these demonstrators, whose demands can not be overlooked.

Ben Abo suggests in her interview with Al Jazeera Net that the presidential elections should be postponed for two months to enable the movement to structure itself, to issue election cards and to choose a consensus candidate.

The constitutional expert warned against the trap of institutional vacuum, the dangers of external interference, and trying to target the army by creating accounts of a military coup to destabilize the country.

After many weeks of mass rallies, and despite a number of demands by protesters, foremost among them the resignation of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, it seems unlikely that the country's political growth will be over soon, even if the July elections are postponed.