Hundreds of students and doctors rallied in Algiers on Tuesday calling for Presi...
ALGIERS - Hundreds of students and doctors rallied in Algiers on Tuesday calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, and a new group headed by activists and opposition figures told the army not to interfere.
Bouteflika, who has ruled for 20 years, bowed to the protesters last week by announcing he would not stand for another term. But he stopped short of stepping down immediately and said he would stay in office until a new constitution is adopted, effectively extending his present term. Generals have traditionally wielded power behind the scenes in Algeria but have publicly intervened during pivotal moments, including cancelling an election in the early 1990s that Islamists were poised to win, triggering a decade of civil war.
Algerian authorities have long been adept at manipulating a weak and disorganized opposition. But the mass demonstrations, which peaked on Friday with hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of Algiers, have emboldened well-known figures to lead the drive for reforms
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