Veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi set to guide Algeria's transition after protests
Cairo - Lakhdar Brahimi, the veteran diplomat who is expected to steer Algeria's political transition after mass protests, has won respect from foreign leaders and his country's political elite during his long career.
Though not directly or publicly involved in national politics, he is a heavyweight of Algeria's establishment, long viewed as a possible presidential candidate. He is close to Bouteflika. The "inclusive and independent" national conference that Brahimi is expected to head is tasked with drafting a new constitution and setting a date for elections by the end of 2019.
But he said that once the first round was held in December 1991, the second round should have gone ahead too "because what followed could not have been worse".
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