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Algeria: ‘Bouteflika candidate for 2019, if he wishes,’ Ruling Party New Secretary

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Newly elected secretary of the ruling National Liberation Front (FNL), Ould abbaes, has dropped a bombshell when he said that the party’s long-standing president Abdel Aziz Bouteflika would be the party’s candidate for the 2019 presidential election if he wishes. “It is obvious that the President of the party will be our candidate in 2019 […]
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Algeria: Controversial Amended Constitution Re-introduces two-term limit

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Algerian lawmakers Sunday re-introduced two-term limit into the national constitution formerly removed by President Bouteflika in a move to stay in power for life. The two-term limit is part of a package of modifications adopted by 499 lawmakers to two, with 16 abstentions. Long demanded by the opposition, the modification comes as the regime struggles […]