The overwhelming sense of history
By K. Selim
"Ben Ali is finished." That was yesterday, a day after a speech by President Tunisian yields on freedoms and democracy but is clinging to power until 2014. Two months ago, the promises of Ben Ali would have won, despite 23 years of dictatorship, a new upsurge in popularity and have given new life to his regime. Today, after at least 70 dead, these concessions came too late to appease the Tunisians. They want his departure and did not want to engage in a democratic transition under his supervision. The regime of Ben Ali, Tunisian too watch through the prism of political and police control was eventually blinded by the appearance of submission of the company. However, the Tunisians were not accumulating resentment against a regime that insult their reason and too little attention to their dignity. It took just a click given by the tragic self-immolation of young Mohamed Bouazizi that Tunisia rebels and launched an assault on the authoritarian system. Ben Ali did not see it coming. He accused his colleagues piteously for having deceived. It proposes a democratization that has systematically refused to Tunisians. He decided to "liberate" the press and end the censorship of the Internet. But for that, it was not until the danger comes around the Palace of Carthage. In the earlier speech, Ben Ali accused the protesters of being terrorists and showing that he did not understand the signals that violent lit around the country. No, Ben Ali has listened to messages of support that it almost came from Paris. As this incredible French Minister of Foreign Affairs, which proposed, in response to the tragedy that took place in Tunisia, to transmit "know-how" French in the repression of demonstrations in its former North African colonies! In Tunisia and Algeria for be precise. The regime has not picked the right signals, he was blinded by the external praise, making it a "bulwark" against Islam. He waited there so much death, suffering and destruction to understand that the Tunisians did not support its paternalism and corruption suffered by the only astronomical Tunisian Western operators being protected by their status. If the answer is right: democracy, justice, freedom of expression, Tunisians do not trust him to implement them. Tunis yesterday, after a mock show of support organized by the ruling party, Tunisia is the rebel who landed in the heart of the capital carrying a clear message: we will only water and bread, but we want the departure of Ben Ali. Ago to organize a democratic transition, but obviously the Tunisians do not want to bear the symbol of the regime continues to occupy the palace of Carthage until 2014. Two months ago, the supply of Ben Ali was widely accepted by the Tunisians and the opposition. Today, she appears as a diversion as she arrives too late, after years of deception and false insurance afforded by authoritarianism. Two months ago, it was midnight yet least five Ben Ali. It is no longer the case. This is a warning to all regimes in the region. This is a warning to the Algerian regime that continues to lock the political field. Authoritarian management is ultimately the guarantee of political deafness, a reliable source of self-poisoning. What happens in Tunisia, where the elites have shown that they can be up to it, is not unlikely in Algeria. It is better to open before being forced. The mechanical rebellions and revolutions are unpredictable and inscrutable.
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