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New Algerian protest against president’s bid for 5th term

It’s the latest of several protests in recent days against Bouteflika’s candidacy for the April 18 election.

March 01, 2019 04:02 pm | Updated 07:47 pm IST - ALGIERS (Algeria):

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Algerian journalists are gathered at the the Freedom of the Press square in Algiers to denounce their media outlets' refusal to let them cover demonstrations against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, Algeria, on Thursday.

Algerian journalists are gathered at the the Freedom of the Press square in Algiers to denounce their media outlets' refusal to let them cover demonstrations against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, Algeria, on Thursday.

Police are deploying around Algeria’s presidential headquarters and parliament ahead of a new demonstration against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term.

The social media-driven protest movement is urging demonstrators to stay peaceful at Friday’s protest, which is set to begin after midday Muslim prayer services.

Such protests are unusual in Algeria, where questions are growing about Mr. Bouteflika’s fitness for office after a 2013 stroke that has left him largely hidden from public.

FILE - In this May 4, 2017, file photo, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika prepares to vote in Algiers. More than 180 people want to run for president of Algeria in the April election, amid growing uncertainty about whether President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, infirm following a stroke, is fit for yet another term after 20 years in charge of this gas-rich North African nation. (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub, File)

Abdelaziz Bouteflika in this file photo.

 

Riot police vans have lined the boulevard leading to the presidential headquarters on Friday. Protest organisers issued an appeal for demonstrators to stay 2 metres away from police cordons, to bring families and to clean up after the march.

It’s the latest of several protests in recent days against Bouteflika’s candidacy for the April 18 election.

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