The demonstrations, now entering their third week, are the biggest since the 2011 ‘Arab Spring,' and pose the biggest challenge to the 82-year-old president, who is standing for re-election on April 18
Algerian protesters demonstrate against their ailing president's bid for a fifth term in power, in Algiers on March 8, 2019.Train and metro services in Algiers were suspended on Friday and riot police were deployed to the streets ahead of expected protests in the Algerian capital against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 20-year rule.
The demonstrations, the biggest since the 2011 “Arab Spring,” pose the biggest ever challenge to the 82-year-old president, who is standing for re-election on April 18.Tens of thousands of Algerians, tired of the dominance of elderly veterans of the 1954-1962 war of independence against France, are demanding Bouteflika step down, but despite ill health, he has submitted his candidacy papers.
Some long-time allies of Bouteflika, including members of the ruling party, have expressed support for the protesters, revealing cracks within a ruling elite long regarded as invincible. But the young want jobs and are tired of what they perceive as widespread corruption. More than a quarter of Algerians under 30 are unemployed.
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