Reuters: Beset by protests, Algeria's Bouteflika will not seek new term
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced on Monday that he had reversed his decision to seek a fifth term, bowing to weeks of mass demonstrations against his rule.
Tens of thousands of people from all social classes have been demonstrating almost daily against Bouteflika’s decision to stand in the election, rejecting a stale political system dominated by veterans of an independence war against France that ended in 1962.
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WNU Editor: Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had become unattainable. The big question is .... what's next?
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