Algerians are awaiting a decision by the country's Constitutional Council on whether President Bouteflika is fit for office
The army chief said that the key to removing Bouteflika"is in article 102" of the constitution. The president will either have to resign or be declared unfit to govern by a vote of parliament due to a"serious and durable illness".
Algerians waited on Wednesday for a decision by the constitutional council on whether ailing President Bouteflika is fit for office, after the top army officer called for his removal in a bid to defuse mass protests. The position taken by the powerful army chief of staff was a clear signal that the president - who has rarely appeared in public since suffering a stroke in 2013 - will not survive the protests which have threatened to topple the ruling elite.
"This is a default solution following the failure of the negotiations on the departure of the President. It moves away from the democratic transition and approaches a framed succession," said Hasni Abidi, a Swiss-based Algerian who heads a think tank.
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