FLN abandons Bouteflika in Algeria
The head of the President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s own National Liberation Front has said that the party now supports the popular movement in Algeria.
The head of the President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s own National Liberation Front has said that the party now supports the popular movement in Algeria.
The 82-year-old leader had bowed to demonstrators last week by reversing a decision to stand for a fifth term, but he postponed polls due in April until the implementation of political reforms.
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More than a dozen of Algeria’s most influential trade unions have turned down an invitation by the newly appointed prime minister to hold talks aimed at forming a new government and ending a crisis.
Many protesters ironically noted that they had asked for elections without Bouteflika, but had been offered Bouteflika, but not elections.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom reports.