Newsdeck: Algeria's Bouteflika Resigns, Bowing to Weeks of Protest By Bloomberg
Bouteflika’s move thrusts the OPEC member into uncharted territory. It is not clear if his resignation would be enough to assuage demonstrators whose demands have grown to encompass the removal of the entire ruling elite.
“Bouteflika officially notified the president of the constitutional council of his decision to end his mandate as president of the republic,” the official APS news agency reported. The upheaval began when Bouteflika, incapacitated by a stroke in 2013 and rarely seen in public since, announced a bid to run for a fifth term in office in the face of popular opposition.
The tide turned against him when the army announced it was standing with the people and it was time to end Bouteflika’s rule. Under the constitution, the president of the senate takes over in the interim.
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