By RFIPalled on 10-02-2019Modified on 10-02-2019 at 14:50
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 81, is a presidential candidate on April 18, 2019, during which he will seek a fifth term, the official APS news agency announced on Sunday (February 10th).
In a message sent to the official APS news agency, which will be broadcast in the afternoon of February 10, Bouteflika, if elected, assures that he will set up an " inclusive national conference " of which the The objective will be the elaboration of a " political, economic and social platform ", or even " proposing an enrichment of the Constitution ", the APS simply states, without further details.
Long kept quiet about his intentions, despite being pressed for several months by his side to represent himself, Mr. Bouteflika has raised many speculations about his candidacy, less than a month from the official closing of the filing of the files, March 3 at midnight.
It seemed nonetheless acquired a week ago, the Presidential Alliance, a coalition of four parties that support him, having appointed February 2 as their candidate. Very weakened by the after-effects of a stroke he suffered in 2013, Abdelaziz Bouteflika rarely appears and no longer speaks in public.
( with AFP )
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