From 2021 to mid-2023, Algeria has experienced the impact of the repercussions of the popular movement. While it sent shockwaves through the foundations of the ruling system, the movement has not thus far succeeded in paving the way for a democratic transformation. The regime successfully exploited the coronavirus pandemic to suppress popular demonstrations and abort all civil society initiatives and political elites that supported the demands of the popular uprising that began in February 2019 to oppose a fifth term…