Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in cities around Algeria on Sunday to de...
ALGIERS - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in cities around Algeria on Sunday to demand President Abdelaziz Bouteflika step down just as he was due to declare his bid for a fifth term in April elections, witnesses and residents said.
Bouteflika, 82, in shaky health for years, was due to submit his official election papers at the Constitutional Council in Algiers on Sunday, the deadline for candidates. Analysts say the protesters, who began hitting the streets 10 days ago, lack leadership and organization in a country still dominated by veterans, like Bouteflika, of the 1954-62 independence war against France.
But the new series of protests have been generally peaceful, apart from Friday when scuffles with police left 183 injured. But thousands were later marching through the center like on Friday. A diplomatic source estimated as many as 70,000 people had massed in Algiers, including a rally at Bab Ezzouar university, the country’s biggest.MORE PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
By midday, six candidates had formally registered. There was no sign of Bouteflika’s bid. The main Islamist party said in a statement it would boycott the vote if Bouteflika ran again.
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