ɐ dˈɛkeɪd ˈæftɚ ðə mˈɪlətˌɛɹi dɪktˈeɪɾɚʃˌɪp hæd dᵻnˈaɪd ðɪ ˌɛfˌaɪˈɛs ɪts ᵻlˈɛktɚɹəl vˈɪktɚɹi, hˈæmɹaʊtʃ sˌɪmpəθˈɛɾɪkli dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ðɪ ᵻvˈɛnts ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn æz ɐ pˈiəɹɪəd wɪð ɪts ɛksˈɛsᵻz nˈɛsᵻsɚɹi fɚɹə pˈiːpəl hˌuː hæd dʒˈʌst bˌɪn "lˈɪbɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd" ˈæftɚ "bˌiːɪŋ pɹɪvˈɛntᵻd fɹʌm spˈiːkɪŋ fɔːɹ θˈɜːɾi jˈɪɹz.
A decade after the military dictatorship had denied the FIS its electoral victory, Hamrouche sympathetically described the events of 1991 as a period with its excesses necessary for a people who had just been "liberated" after "being prevented from speaking for 30 years.