In an interview on Monday with "Le Monde" on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Hirak, the doctor in political science noted that "the popular movement is strongly hampered by the health crisis and repression."

The repression "is part of the DNA" of the regime in place "as much as corruption and disinformation" and it "has never ceased". "Only its intensity has varied according to the balance of power established by the mobilization," Sidi Moussa underlined.

According to him, "the paternalistic communication of the (country's) authorities constantly swings between strong praise for the blessed Hirak and barely disguised threats to the hijacked Hirak, the one that persists in its desire for change."

If the Hirak has been "strongly hampered by the health crisis and repression," the truth remains that "it will continue to exist as long as there are people who are determined to bring down the military/police regime," the expert said.

"If the Hirak still has a future, it resides in the juncture between the hotbeds of social protest" that shake many Algerian cities (Laghouat, Ouargla, Tizi Gheniff, Tigzirt and Tizi Ouzou ...), and "the aspiration for a radical change assumed by the rising generations," the political scientist concluded.