Cherbi, Massensen <br/><br/>
The 2020 Algerian constitutional revision. Bringing an end to the Hirak through the law and preventing its resurgence 

 -  2023.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> The Algerian constitutional reform of December 30, 2020 has now furnished authorities with the constitutional mechanisms needed to respond to the institutional blockages of 2019 and prevent any resurgence of the Hirak (2019–2021), a peaceful movement that opposed President Bouteflika’s fifth term and, more generally, called for a “radical change of the system.” This reform was indeed an opportunity to constitutionalize the “real power” held by the army, which it proclaimed guarantor of the “vital and strategic interests of the country,” (art. 30, para. 4) while also legitimizing the judicial repression of the Hirak under the pretext of preserving “public order,” “security,” and “national continuity.” (art.34, para.2)