Combined with the emasculation of the 1947 statute, the electoral frauds marked an important stage in the crystallising of Muslim rage; it also meant that, after 1954, when any French leader talked about offers of "free elections" no Muslim would believe him.

XREF: Connects to later Algerian independence movements and the hardening of anti-colonial sentiment throughout North Africa.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 222