CAF/Scandal: Tunisia gives up its seat to Algeria in ultimate act of submission & humiliation

Both Tunisia and Algeria were supposed to submit their candidacies for a seat at the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the North Africa region. But only one of them was expected to be elected member of the CAF Executive Committee.

The election is set for March 2025 in Cairo, Egypt. Morocco, Mauritania Egypt and Libya are already members of this Executive Committee. Tunisia was also member of this Committee but its seat has remained empty since the arrest in 2023 of the Head of the Tunisian football federation by his country’s authorities.

Algeria has lost many times its bid for this executive body. A new representative of Tunisia had submitted his candidacy to fill his country’s seat. He was upbeat over his chances of winning the vote but he was forced to withdraw his bid in the last minute, leaving his Algerian rival becoming the only candidate in the race.

Standing alone without any challenger, the Algerian candidate will get an easy but undemocratic win as he escapes fair competition raising questions and concerns over the legitimacy of the process.

According to some sports analysts, the Algerian regime has exerted heavy pressure on President Kais Saied for the withdrawal of the candidacy of the Tunisian representative to avoid the risk of losing again the election and endure humiliation, exacerbating further the crises hitting Algeria on the verge of implosion after suffering a series of diplomatic setbacks over the Sahara issue.

Many analysts are wondering how Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring, becomes Algeria’s vassal state and turns into authoritarian dictatorship. They feel sorry for its democratic transition failure and hold Kais Saied responsible for the economic crises and political instability.

His re-election confirms the Arab Spring’s failure, dashing all hopes for democracy. He spent his entire tenure dismantling democratic checks & balances, consolidating power and muzzling dissents while all credible presidential challengers have been imprisoned, pushed into exile, or excluded from running.

The Algerian regime has exploited the worsening socioeconomic situation in Tunisia to expand its influence over its neighboring country reeling higher inflation, slower economic growth, and frequent food and fuel shortages.

Algeria’s ruling junta used its economic leverage to turn Tunis into a compliant puppet, forcing humiliation, one-sided concessions, and vassal dependence. The Algerian military rulers have also used Kais Saied in their dirty proxy war against Morocco (Sahara & Maghreb Arab Union) to serve their own national geostrategic interests.

With that interaction, Tunisia loses its sovereign decisions and ties its destiny to the fate of octogenarian Algerian Generals whose predicted downfall will drag down with them the Tunisian regime like a House of Cards.