SERGHOUN Posted 2008-12-21

The space in which we live no longer has any foothold or moral values. Nothing we say can be described as sensible, shameful or insulting, as we do not have a point of reference accepted by the citizens permitting us to judge ourselves. The 2009 presidential elections will only be transparent in the way those that preceded them were. The people are demoralised by a system that has been in place since 1962 and a most self-centred and opportunistic political class. They dare not think about any change, let alone improving social conditions, which do not cease to deteriorate, at the slightest. Every day, we distance ourselves from them, as we no longer recognise in them the right to speak in our name. We express their discontent and indifference with strong abstentions from the various community, parliamentary, etc. elections. The people, whose sense of citizenship and conscience is higher than that in other countries, will not opt for a calm, serene change, even if this change will not otherwise take place for a long time and a lot of harm will be done to the country in the meantime. The day will come where our rulers have enough to either quit when they have failed or to not accept a position that they now they are not up to filling. The men of the political parties will stop being weathervanes at the mercy of the winds of power and will be accountable for their policies only before their supporters. This dream will become a reality when the leaders are entrusted with an education. They will have plans for society, they will only make reforms and they drag on in the same job when their time has worn thin and they have become ineffective, not having any more ideas. –Thank you