By RFIPosted on 14-10-2019Modified on 14-10-2019 at 01:42
Demonstrations took place in several Algerian cities to denounce a law that sells Algeria to foreigners following the vote by the Council of Ministers of the Finance Act 2020 and the Hydrocarbons Law. In the capital, despite a very large police force, more than a thousand people managed to demonstrate for several hours.
On the signs, messages are written in Arabic, French or English: " Algeria is not for sale ". Farid, quarantine, considers that the law on hydrocarbons voted by the Council of Ministers this Sunday, October 13 will allow foreigners to exploit the Algerian oil, and he opposes it.
" There is no president. We can not let these mafia sell our country because it is a very important law, it is the future of Algeria, "he says.
Protesters chanted " They sold the country, " and " The people want the fall of Parliament ." The sale of hydrocarbons allows Algeria to earn the equivalent of 60% of the state budget each year. Amira, head of an SME, usually shows on Friday. But she considers that the text puts Algeria in danger.
" This law gives advantages to foreigners to come to settle in Algeria, to come to exploit the shale gas, to come to exploit the oil, launches the young woman. We are against, we do not want the French or the Americans come to Algeria to exploit the shale gas, it's dangerous .
At the end of the day, several protesters were arrested by the police. The Council of Ministers has adopted the text, which will have to be presented to Parliament.
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