Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his resignation after six weeks of mass protests and apparent cracks within the regime pitting the army against the President’s circle. We will support the people until their demands are fully and completely satisfied,” Gaid Salah said in the statement written with a menacing tone. He is perceived as the man who restored peace after a decade of a bloody civil war opposing Islamists to the army. The Algerian regime is made up of clans including senior ruling party FLN leaders, Army generals and business tycoons. Although they tend to disagree, they have all an interest in maintaining an opaque oil-rich regime perceived as corrupt and incapable of carrying out genuine reforms.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 02, 2019 21:45 UTC