 The Eradicator faction is regarded to have gained and held power during the civil war triggered by the military coup.Since the 1992 coup, a "shadowy" group of generals and intelligence officers known to the Algerians collectively as "le pouvoir" (“the power”) and whose individual members are called "décideurs" has dominated Algerian politics with the FLN reduced down to a mere front for "le pouvoir".Little is known for certain about "le pouvoir", but Mediene has frequently been mentioned as a leading "décideur".