''Les dialoguistes'' ("The Dialoguers") is the
French language popular term for a faction within the
Algeria
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n political and military establishment during that country's
civil war
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, which from 1992 pitted
Islamist rebels against a military-installed government. It was mostly used as contrast to ''
les éradicateurs In the politics of Algeria, ''Les éradicateurs'' ("The Eradicators") are a faction within the Algerian political and military establishment during that country's civil war, which from 1992 pitted Islamist rebels against a military-installed govern ...
'', the hardline tendency within the security and political elite which saw no room for compromise with Islamist politicians, and believed that militant organizations should be eliminated through force, who were refusing talks with their representatives.
Supported by most of the opposition parties, notably in the 1995
Sant'Egidio Platform The Sant'Egidio Platform of January 13, 1995 was an attempt by most of the major Algerian opposition parties to create a framework for peace and plan to end to the Algerian Civil War. The escalating violence and extremism, which had been provoked ...
, the ''dialoguiste'' faction eventually gained the upper hand, and the
Bouteflika presidency (1999-2019) has been marked by
amnesties and attempt to draw Islamists back into constitutional politics.
References
Politics of Algeria
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