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although the Algerians had voted massively in favor of the new constitution that was uniting France and Algeria as a big democracy

Could you explain what you mean here? The law the French voted for looks like it was for full independence for Algeria.

Article premier.

Le président de la République peut conclure tous accords à établir conformément aux déclarations gouvernementales du 19 mars 1962, si les populations algériennes, consultées en vertu de la loi du 11 janvier 1961, choisissent de constituer l'Algérie en un État indépendant coopérant avec la France.

Article 2.

Jusqu'à la mise en place de l'organisation politique nouvelle éventuellement issue de l'autodétermination des populations algériennes, le président de la République peut arrêter, par voie d'ordonnances ou, selon le cas, de décrets pris en Conseil des ministres, toutes mesures législatives ou réglementaires relatives à l'application des déclarations gouvernementales du 19 mars 1962.

while the Algerians voted for
Voulez-vous que l'Algérie devienne un Etat indépendant coopérant avec la France dans les conditions définies par les déclarations du 19 mars 1962 ?
(the use of torture might explain the vote of 99,72 in favour).
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Mon Apr 20th, 2009 at 08:00:02 AM EST
The refenrendum I was alluding to was prior to 1962. It allowed for the new French Constitution. For the first time, all Algerians voted as the part of france made of the four Algerian departments... of France.

Later, for what I boldly view as generalized racist reasons, and reasons of political convenience, both national and international, de Gaulle, the French president according to the new French constitution, decided to dump the four departments, according to a policy of apartheid.

The result was untold suffering, and a still unsolved problem. Be it only for national security reasons, Europe will never be able to tolerate non republican, non democratic countries just south.

Patrice Ayme  

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by Patrice Ayme on Tue Apr 21st, 2009 at 04:37:00 AM EST
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