A number of students and protesters in Algeria yesterday stormed a press conference held by members of the National Dialogue Management Committee, demanding that the committee withdraw its papers. The protesting students considered the work of the dialogue committee "contrary to the legitimacy of the movement," they accused, accusing members of the committee and its chairman, Karim Younes, of "betraying the will of the people, and turning back the peaceful gift for which the Algerians came out since 22 February." The students echoed "peaceful .. your dialogue rejects," and stressed that the dialogue will not be "before the departure of the Bouteflika regime's tails," arguing that the movement has not yet achieved its objectives "as long as the men of the outgoing president govern and run the country from the positions he worked on before his departure."
For his part, the head of the committee, Karim Younis, asked the young people who broke into the inauguration meeting of the committee, to attend the meeting, refusing to call the public force to disperse them. Karim Younis stressed that the committee's task is to listen to all the actors in the national political life, in the horizon of getting out of the crisis, adding that the task of the committee is to reach the presidential elections as soon as possible. The Algerian presidency recently announced the formation of a "six-party committee to lead the dialogue," which created controversy in Algeria, especially after its members confirmed the approval of the interim head of state, Abdelkader Bensalah, on their conditions for the release of detainees in the movement.