By RFIPalled on 28-10-2018Modified on 28-10-2018 at 19:10

"The candidate of the FLN in 2019 is Abdelaziz Bouteflika," said Sunday the secretary general of the majority and historic party of the country, Djamel Ould Abbes, who was speaking in front of the Algerian Parliament, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new FLN Group Leader at the Assembly. President Bouteflika, who has been in power since 1999, is seeking a fifth term.

Djamel Ould Abbes, the secretary general of the FLN, was facing the deputies of his party this Sunday, for the inauguration of the new head of parliamentary group. In his speech, he said: " At the FLN, we have only one choice. The candidate in 2019 is Abdelaziz Bouteflika . He was then applauded for a long time.

Djamel Ould Abbes had already said in July that all the militants wanted the president to run again for a fifth term.

An opposition MP, joined by RFI, believes the statement is a signal to mobilize political forces in favor of power. For the country's political scientists, there is little doubt about an additional mandate: it will take place if the 81-year-old president, who suffers from the after-effects of a stroke in 2013, is still alive during the election.

In 2014, the then Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal announced the president's candidacy. But this announcement did not arrive until February. Abdelaziz Bouteflika was re-elected with over 81% of the vote.

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