Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is back in his home country after spending two weeks in a Swiss hospital. His opponents have held massive demonstrations demanding he withdraw his candidacy for a fifth term.
The convoy believed to carry Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika drives to Algiers, Sunday March 10, 2019. Bouteflika landed at a military airport south of the capital Sunday after spending two weeks in a Swiss hospital amid massive demonstrations demanding he withdraw his candidacy for a fifth term.
Bouteflika arrived at Boufarik military south about 30 kilometers south of the capital, and was shown in video by private television station Ennahar in a fast-moving convoy heading toward the Algiers suburb of Zeralda. He could be seen inside a car slightly bent over and with a cap on his head. The power structure has been shaken by the size of the unprecedented citizens’ revolt, which has drawn millions into the streets of cities across the country to say no to a fifth term — and to a system blamed for corruption and keeping Bouteflika in office despite ailments.
The National Liberation Front, or FLN, said in a statement that it wants to find a way out of the crisis “with the least cost to the country.”
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