Bouteflika... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third term, which is probably why Algerians are ready to dump him...
, who has not addressed the Algerians for over three months, since the blow a wind of revolution in the Arab world, would announced Friday evening "important" decisions in a televised speech to the nation.
"The Head of State will announce on this occasion, important decisions on deepening the democratic process, strengthening the foundations of the rule of law, reducing disparities and accelerating socio-economic development", said on Friday official sources.
Mr. Bouteflika, 74, celebrated this month his twelfth birthday in April as head of state in a country where the army plays an important political role for preventing the Islamists from seizing power in 1992.
While the Tunisian revolution had not yet swept the former president Zine El Abidine Benali, Chief of the Algerian state was confronted early in the year of riots that left five dead and 800 maimed.
Part of the opposition seized on this revolt to demand a regime change. But demonstrations in support of this application have been systematically prevented in Algiers, and the authority has sought to deny the political nature of the crisis.
A change of government emphatically announced by the press did not take place and President Bouteflika remained silent.
"We are for change of government, it is necessary," argued three days ago on TV the Secretary General of the National Liberation Front (FLN) Abdelaziz Belkhadem.
The FLN (former unique party, 136 seats) is the main party of the presidential Alliance with the National Democratic Rally (RND, 62 members) led by Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia and the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP-Islamic, 51 Deputies).
The only political decision taken by Mr Bouteflika since the riots of January was the lifting of the state of emergency declared in February 1992 to stem an Islamist insurgency.
However,
The well-oiled
However...
significant social concessions were made to salaries, youth employment or housing construction. These concessions have created a demand for more and stronger which has resulted in numerous strikes and demonstrations.