An Update on the Situation in Algeria
An update on the Algerian army chief and the President of Algeria
Algeria's Army Chief insists that the millitary will not get mixed up in political procedure after he said that there should be a constitutional process to declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be unfit for office.
The army chief is quoted as saying: "“We have never and will never deviate from our constitutional mission"
AP states the following in continuation of the story:
"The North African nation is trying to find a way out of a major political crisis which has led to massive demonstrations each Friday since Feb. 22 to demand the departure of the 82-year-old president and the system he represents which is widely seen as being corrupt.
Bouteflika, in office since 1999, canceled the April 18 presidential election and withdrew his bid for a fifth term, but announced a transition process that opponents fear could keep him in power indefinitely.
Bouteflika has rarely been seen in public, and not addressed the nation in person, since a 2013 stroke.
Some of the president’s traditional backers fell in line Wednesday with Gaid Salah’s suggestion the Constitutional Council invoke Article 102 to declare the president unfit. The parliament must then pass the measure.
One of the main party’s in Algeria’s ruling coalition called for Bouteflika’s resignation. The RND party’s secretary general and, until recently, prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia said in a written statement it “recommends”
Ouali, A. (2019, March 27). Algerian army chief insists military won't mix with politics. Retrieved from https://apnews.com/836b70ea6cf74c28b08b9f577aae8aa9
Algeria's Army Chief insists that the millitary will not get mixed up in political procedure after he said that there should be a constitutional process to declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be unfit for office.
The army chief is quoted as saying: "“We have never and will never deviate from our constitutional mission"
AP states the following in continuation of the story:
"The North African nation is trying to find a way out of a major political crisis which has led to massive demonstrations each Friday since Feb. 22 to demand the departure of the 82-year-old president and the system he represents which is widely seen as being corrupt.
Bouteflika, in office since 1999, canceled the April 18 presidential election and withdrew his bid for a fifth term, but announced a transition process that opponents fear could keep him in power indefinitely.
Bouteflika has rarely been seen in public, and not addressed the nation in person, since a 2013 stroke.
Some of the president’s traditional backers fell in line Wednesday with Gaid Salah’s suggestion the Constitutional Council invoke Article 102 to declare the president unfit. The parliament must then pass the measure.
One of the main party’s in Algeria’s ruling coalition called for Bouteflika’s resignation. The RND party’s secretary general and, until recently, prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia said in a written statement it “recommends”
Ouali, A. (2019, March 27). Algerian army chief insists military won't mix with politics. Retrieved from https://apnews.com/836b70ea6cf74c28b08b9f577aae8aa9
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