In recognition “on behalf of France” that Algerian lawyer and ombudsman Ali Boumentzel “tortured and killed” by French Army during the war in 1957, proceeded today (03/03) o Emanuel Macron.
The move was a relief move requested by historian Benjamin Stora’s report on French colonialism and the Algerian war.
This move “is not an isolated act,” says its president France “No crime, no atrocity committed by anyone during the Algerian war can be forgiven or silenced,” he said in a statement.
Macron, the first French president to be born after the war Algeria, he announced this recognition to the grandchildren of Boumenzel, who was welcomed yesterday at the Palais des Elysées. Then, in 1957, his murder was presented as “suicide”.
“In the heart of the Algerian war, he was arrested by the French army, kept secret, tortured, then assassinated on March 23, 1957,” the French presidency said in a statement, according to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency. In 2000, “Paul Osares (French Army general and commander of Algerian military intelligence) himself confessed to ordering a subordinate to kill him and presenting the crime as suicide.”
“Today, the President of the Republic welcomed four of Ali Bumenzel’s grandchildren to the Elysee Palace to tell them, on behalf of France, what Malika Bumenzel would like to hear: Ali Bumenzel did not commit suicide. “He was tortured and then killed,” he said.
He added: “He also expressed his willingness to continue the work that has been started for many years to gather testimonies, to encourage the work of historians by opening the archives, so that they can be given to all the families of the missing, and to two shores of the Mediterranean, the means to learn the truth “.
“This work will be extended and will go in depth in the coming months, so that we can walk towards soothing and reconciliation; looking at history face to face, recognizing the truth of the facts.”, is also mentioned in the communication of the French Presidency.
In which it is also pointed out: “The generation of Ali Bumenzel’s grandchildren must be able to build its future away from the two trampled ones that are amnesia and bitterness. From now on, for their sake, for the sake of the French and Algerian youth, we must move on the path of truth, the only path that can lead to the reconciliation of memories. “
Storas’ urging to defuse tensions
Last month, Ali Boumenjel’s niece, Fandella Bougainzel-Sitour, denounced “a lie by the French state, a catastrophic lie.”
The recognition of this crime by France is a prerequisite for the report of the historian Benjamin Stora on the French colonialism and the Algerian war, in order to alleviate the tensions around the memories of this war.
The submission of the report on January 20 provoked strong criticism in both France and Algeria, mainly for not apologizing to Paris for the colonial regime it imposed on the African country.
The powerful Organization of the Mujahideen (ONM), the former warriors of the War of Independence (1954-1962) accused Benjamin Stora of “concealing the crimes of French colonialism” in Algeria.
The commission of the National League of Harkis, veterans of the Algerian Auxiliary Corps who fought on the side of the French army during the Algerian war, denounced a “deficit” report and called on France to recognize “the abandonment and massacre of the Harkis, following the Evian Accords and the ceasefire on 19 March 1962 “.
The Algerian government has repeatedly called for “recognition of the crimes of French colonialism.”
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