Tens of thousands of people have rallied in cities around Algeria in the largest protests since the 2011 'Arab Spring', calling on Bouteflika, 82, not to stand in an election scheduled for April 18.
Algerian anti-riot policemen push back demonstrators in Algiers who were protesting against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term.Algerian war veterans said protesters demanding ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika step down after 20 years in power had legitimate concerns and urged all citizens to demonstrate, in another sign of cracks in the ruling elite.
The ongoing unrest poses the biggest challenge yet to the Bouteflika and his inner circle which includes members of the military and intelligence services and businessmen. "It is the duty of Algerian society in all its segments to take to the streets," the influential National Organisation of Mujahideen - veterans who fought alongside Bouteflika in the 1954-1962 war of independence against France - said late on Tuesday.
Tens of thousands of people have rallied in cities around Algeria in the largest protests since the 2011"Arab Spring", calling on Bouteflika, 82, not to stand in an election scheduled for April 18. He submitted papers on Sunday.
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