The Algerian President announced Thursday, February 18, that he would proceed with a cabinet reshuffle within 48 hours.
He will also dissolve Parliament and call for early elections.
Finally, decrees a pardon for several dozen detainees of the Hirak, an anti-regime protest movement.
Some 70 people are currently imprisoned in Algeria in connection with the Hirak protests and / or individual freedoms, according to the National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees (CNLD).
The national speech he gave on television coincided with the national day of homage to the "martyrs" of the War of Independence (1954-1962).
Returning a week ago from Germany, where he was being treated for post-Covid complications, Mr. Tebboune has since had consultations with six political parties, including opposition formations.
The Head of State, however, did not receive the two majority parties in Parliament, the National Liberation Front (FLN) and the RND (National Democratic Rally), very unpopular due to their proximity to former President Abdelaziz. Bouteflika and his clan.
These consultations take place in a context of tension in the regime as the second anniversary of the Hirak approaches, an unprecedented popular protest movement launched on February 22, 2019 and which forced Mr. Bouteflika to resign two months later.
On the day of his departure for Berlin, Mr. Tebboune had publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the action of the government of Abdelaziz Djerad, fueling rumors of an upcoming reshuffle.
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