The coordinator of the Democratic and Social Movement (MDS, former PAGS), Hamid Farhi, died Tuesday at the University Hospital of Beni Messous, at the age of 61, after a long illness, announces the spokesman the party and its presidential candidate, Fathi Ghares, on his Facebook page.
"Algeria and the MDS have lost one of its most valuable activists," writes Fathi Ghares. We also learn that a meditation ceremony will be held on Wednesday at the party headquarters in Telemly, while the burial is scheduled for Thursday in Staoueli.
In a statement, the party explained that the "medical diagnosis has established the development of a serious disease involving a specific and rapid care".
It was actually a late-stage lung tumor. A great militant of the democratic cause, he was always at the side of all movements struggling for social causes.
"The candidacy of Fethi Ghares is an opportunity to discuss the project of change, the construction of a broad political movement that will organize the struggles of tomorrow. That's why it's important to share our videos and other activities with our friends and discuss them, "he wrote on his Facebook account, in one of his latest posts.
It is worth noting that several political personalities sent messages of condolence following the announcement of the death of Hamid Farhi, hailing him as "a convinced and devoted activist".
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