Infirm Algerian President Bouteflika, who applied to run for a fifth term from a hospital in Geneva, is facing a permanent threat to life, his Swiss doctors told the media. A medical source speaking anonymously told Swiss paper La Tribune that the president is facing a permanent risk of lung infection due to his frail health. Bouteflika flew to Geneva late last month amid protests in his home country calling on him to step down. “In three years, his condition deteriorated starkly from a state of vulnerability allowing a sort of normal life to a serious state requiring continuous care,” the Swiss paper reported. Bouteflika is unable to speak intelligibly although he understands what is being said to him, the medical source said.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 06, 2019 22:52 UTC