In response to these criticisms, instructions have been communicated to quickly find a suitable and rapid accommodation solution for Said Chengriha's daughter. The most knowledgeable experts on the Algerian regime, however, were not outraged by the appointment of Chengriha's daughter, simply because of who she is.
Three of Chengriha's children currently work or reside abroad. A daughter who heads a key Sonatrach subsidiary in London, a son who works at the Algerian Embassy in Paris and a second daughter who works as a diplomat in New York.According to Maghreb Intelligence, the scandal actually stems from the housing and accommodation arrangements made for Chengriha's second daughter in New York. While the Algerian army is looking for another place to rehouse her, the daughter of the Algerian army chief of staff is being cared for, all expenses paid by the Algerian state, in a luxurious hotel in New York.
Sources accessed by Maghreb Intelligence reported that the expense of the daughter's accommodation is "suspicious, extravagant" and, according to some Algerian diplomats, "scandalous and insolent". The approximate expenses to which the security magazine had access could be as high as $800 or even $900 per night at the famous Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York.