Les éradicateurs

In the politics of Algeria, Les éradicateurs ("The Eradicators") are a faction within the Algerian political and military establishment during that country's civil war, which from 1992 pitted Islamist rebels against a military-installed government.[1]

Description

Les éradicateurs saw no room for compromise with Islamist politicians, and believed that militant organizations would be eliminated through force, refusing talks with their representatives as terrorists.[2] Leaders included General Mohamed Lamari and Prime Minister Redha Malek; they received support from various groups, most notably the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA), but also smaller leftist and feminist groups such as the "ultra-secularist" RCD.

They were popularly contrasted with les dialoguistes, ("The Dialoguers"), who held that dialogue and national reconciliation was the only way forward. The latter faction eventually gained the upper hand, and the Bouteflika presidency (1999-2019) has been marked by amnesties and attempt to draw Islamists back into constitutional politics.[3][4]

The 1995 Sant'Egidio Platform, which united most of the Algerian opposition parties, was in large part directed against the éradicateur tendency.

References
  1. Ali-Yahia, Abdennour (1996). Algérie : raisons et déraison d'une guerre. Paris, France: L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-7384-4867-4. OCLC 36637306.
  2. "Algeria's bloody history forged brutal response to Sahara camp raid". the Guardian. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  3. "Ces dix généraux qui gouvernent l'Algérie". La Croix (in French). 1997-09-17. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  4. Pecastaing, Camille (2019-04-12). "Algeria's False Spring?". The American Interest. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
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