Algeria: Group Urges Bouteflika To Step Down, Warns Army Against Interference - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 19, 2019
A new Algerian group,National Coordination for Change headed by political leaders, oppositionfigures, and activists has urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down onApril 28 when his term ends.
In a statement titled:“Platform of Change’’, the group also urged the army not to interfere in thecountry’s politics.
The group’s push forthe government to resign is coming after more than three weeks of massdemonstrations against Bouteflika’s 20-year rule. It said there is an urgentneed to make radical changes of the system in place with new personnel.
Algerian authoritieshave always been able to manipulate a weak opposition.
But new influentialopponents have emerged from growing protests that peaked on Friday, withhundreds of thousands of people on the streets of Algiers.