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Africa North
Algeria's new premier vows reform, pay raises
2006-05-26
And a chicken in every pot...
Algeria's new Prime Minister Abdel-Aziz Belkhadem has promised constitutional reform and ponies for everyone an increase in public workers' salaries after he was appointed on Wednesday night. Belkhadem was quoted in press reports on Thursday saying a "revision" of the Constitution and a long called for increase in pay for public sector workers would be his priorities. The presidential office announced last night that Belkhadem, 61, a confidant of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, would replace Ahmad Ouyehia as prime minister.

Daily newspaper Le Jeune Independant said Thursday that Ouyehia, who resigned on Wednesday night, had been scuppered by his own opposition to an increase in public salaries. His resignation came after thousands of workers in the industrial area of Rouiba, 20 kilometers east of Algiers, demonstrated Wednesday to demand a raise and Ouyehia's departure.
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