The Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal resigned Thursday, March 13 in order to act as the campaign manager of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has decided to run for a fourth term as Algeria’s president, says Reuters Wednesday, citing a source close to the presidency.
According to this source, Sellal will be replaced in office by the Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi .
The 77 years old Bouteflika, announced his candidacy for president next April 17th, during one of his rare public appearances since last year.
A feeble and divided opposition
For the opposition, the president’s health complications raise questions about his ability to act as a president of the country. Abdelaziz Bouteflika has suffered a stroke last April and was unable to resume his duties at the end of a long hospitalization in France, and he has rarely appeared in public since.
The Moroccan Times.
