Algeria: Cevital workers go on massive march against Authority policies

Algeria – Hundreds of workers from Cevital factory organized a massive towards the Bejaia state headquarters. The march ended with a protest rally during which the activists of the Cevital Workers Support Committee said that the Authority still rejects any real investment, especially the investments of Cevital. The protesters denounced the double standards policy that the government adopt  in dealing with Algerian investors, protesters held banners that wondered why the government encourage and finance competing projects for Cevital at Jhenjel Port in Jijel, while, on the other hand they reject similar projects outside the port of Bejaia. The protesters demanded the authorities to allow the ships to unload their cargo at the port of Bejaia and enable Cevital to carry out its projects, especially the oilseed refining plant which the Bejaia Port Foundation refuses to unload for unknown reasons.