The Algerian Constitutional Council announced yesterday the final vacancy for the presidency after the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Hundreds of Algerians left across the states to celebrate Bouteflika's decision after the army chief of staff asked him to step down immediately. Change, while Russia called for a transition in Algeria "without interference" other countries.
In a detailed statement, the head of the Constitutional Council in Algeria, Tayeb Belaiz, who was recently appointed by outgoing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, announced yesterday the vacancy of the post of president.
The Council formally notified the Parliament of the status of the vacancy of the post of President. The vacancy announcement will be published in the Official Gazette.
This came after the meeting of the members of the Council to confirm the state of official vacancy for the post of President of the Republic.
The Constitutional Council met a day after Bouteflika submitted his letter of resignation to Blaise, ending his fourth term before officially ending on April 28.
Developments in Algeria have finally accelerated considerably, with less than 48 hours after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned after two decades in office.
The resignation of the Algerian president yesterday appeared to be an inevitable result of the "push and pull" that appeared to the public between the presidential establishment and the military establishment in the country led by Army Chief of Staff Ahmed Kayed Saleh.
Bouteflika's resignation came a few hours after the Algerian army chief of staff said in a critical language that "there is no room for more time to waste." Saleh stressed that "the immediate implementation of the constitutional solution and the activation of Articles VII, VIII and 102," saying: «Our decision is clear and irreversible».
Not only did Salih, but some of the close associates of the ruling political class described it as "a gang that has built up huge resources in illegal ways and in a short time, without a censor or a bank, exploiting its proximity to some suspicious decision centers."
Not long after Bouteflika appeared in Algerian traditional dress on Algerian television, he submitted his resignation to the President of the Constitutional Council, Tayeb Belaiz, and the Speaker of the National Assembly, Abdelkader Ben Saleh, who would take over the country for 90 days until Elections, according to the constitution.
It was interesting to confirm Bouteflika's letter of resignation that his decision was "in the interest of avoiding and averting the rhetoric of the current situation", in reference to the "pull" between the army and the presidency.
On the backdrop of these accelerated events, the echo of Bouteflika's statement issued on Monday was still echoing in the background, promising to resign before the end of his presidential term on April 28.
However, this step was considered by the Algerian street as a "political maneuver" that does not meet its demands for the departure of all current faces, which prompted the chief of staff of the army to break his silence again and warn of this endeavor.
With President Bouteflika announcing his resignation from the presidency, the Algerian street has taken a big step towards fulfilling its demands, at a time when the movement has not yet developed a leadership that will deal with the next stage of political transition.
Internationally, the Kremlin called yesterday for the political transition in Algeria "without interference" from other countries after the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, following unprecedented popular protests.
"We hope, whatever the case, that the internal operations in this country, which is Algerian internal affairs exclusively, will be conducted without interference from other countries," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Moscow also hopes the next move will have "no effect on the friendly nature of our bilateral relations," he said.