Bouteflika... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third or fourth term, who will probably die in office of old age...
said Saturday his ailing health does not "disqualify" his bid to run for a fourth term in polls next month.
"The difficulties linked to my health do not appear to disqualify me in your eyes," he said in a message to the Algerian people on the eve of the start of campaigning, carried by national news agency APS.
Bouteflika, who
used to date God's grandmother,
is 77 and has been in office since 1999, was hospitalized in Gay Paree last year for three months after suffering a mini-stroke. Opponents say he should not run in the April 17 presidential election.