Thursday, February 3, 2011

Wave of protest: the opposition in Algeria and Syria form up

On Monday, had again made the young unemployed with self-injury on their prospects carefully. Three men aged between 27 and 33 years with a razor blade to slit the skin. A number of other Algerians had been provided with public self-immolation headlines. Among recent cases was that of a security guard of a development bank.

He tried to set himself on fire in despair at his situation with his severely disabled daughter ten years. All bank employees were then out of solidarity in the strike. For 12 February, supporters of the opposition called for a demonstration in Algiers for an overthrow of the system and an end to the state of emergency in force since 1992.

Algeria is governed since 1999 by President Bouteflika. After years of bloody attacks of Islamist rebels, he had long provided for stability in the country. The wide gap between rich and poor, however, led to ever larger tensions in society. On Friday also wants Syria to protest the opposition to the government of President Bashar el Assad.

After the Friday prayer there should be "the first day of the wrath of the Syrian people and civilian surveys in all Syrian cities," wrote the operator of a nearly 8,000-member group in the online network Facebook. At the same time urged the Organisatn to violence. "We want a peaceful protest, because freedom of speech is protected by the Constitution," they wrote.

They sent the message to Assad that "injustice" in Syria does not want to accept longer. "We are not against you personally, but against autocracy, corruption and tyranny, and against the fact that your family's wealth to the tears," it said. Another Facebook group called for Thursday to protest a seat in front of the Syrian parliament in the capital Damascus.

There should be demonstrating "solidarity with poor students, workers, unemployed and pensions". Assad had described the situation in Syria on Monday as stable. He is since 2000 in power. At that time, he inherited his father Hafez el Assad, who ruled the country for three decades before.

On Saturday, security forces had a picket outside the Egyptian Embassy in Damascus closed. The call for the demonstration had also been disseminated via Facebook. The portal is in Syria, although officially closed. The lock can be circumvented with special Computerpogrammen. Palestinian Authority announces local elections on the fear of mass protests appeared to be pushing even the Western-backed Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.

It announced on Tuesday a surprise to local elections. The vote would be carried out "as soon as possible," it said in Ramallah. An appointment will be at the next cabinet meeting announced, probably next week, said the government of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. This looks forward to elections in both the West Bank and in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

The radical Islamic organization said, however, Fayyad has no right to be there and share options. The last election was held the Palestinian Authority 2006th President Mahmoud Abbas canceled a planned municipal elections last year, as became clear that his Fatah movement would lose key seats to independent candidates.

Abbas' term of office was renewed when they expired in 2009 without any time limitation. The Parliament has also continued in office, although 2010, new elections would have been queuing. In Lebanon, the situation remains tense after Hezbollah candidate Nadschib Mikati was elected head of government.

Followers of former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri had protested against Mikati. Chancellor Angela Merkel said during her visit to Israel that it must all be made to ensure that Lebanon does not fall back again into an imponderable phase of internal crisis. The consequences are difficult to calculate.

The situation in the country was "worrying".

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