By RFIPalled on 04-03-2019Modified on 04-03-2019 at 20:24
The day after the filing of the candidacy of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, opponents to a possible fifth term of the outgoing president remain mobilized. On Monday, student demonstrations took place again in different cities of the country. The opposition parties also spoke. They demand that the vacancy of power be declared as well as a postponement of the elections.
Ali Benfils, the former head of government, Abderrazak Makri, the leader of the largest Islamist party in the country and other opposition figures have asked on Monday afternoon the application of Article 102 of the Constitution Algerian, which plans to declare the vacancy of power. They also request a postponement of the elections.
The RCD, a party of democratic opposition, evokes in a statement of contempt and considers that the Algerians are humiliated. Another reaction from civil society this time, attorneys from the Constantine region bar, the third largest city in the country, announced that they would boycott legal work to protest violations of laws.
The ranks of the majority are cracking
The promises of Camp Bouteflika have not had the expected impact and it seems that the ranks of the majority are starting to crack. In recent days there have been resignations within the FCE, the all-powerful employers' association headed by Ali Haddad the close boss of Faïd Bouteflika, the brother of the president.
But today, the other defection is that of Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi, the former Minister of Agriculture and member of the FLN, the majority party. He announced that he was leaving the party and was giving up his term as MP, believing that his duty was to hear and listen to the social movement.
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