Veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will chair a conference on the country’s political future proposed by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a government source told Reuters on Tuesday.
Bouteflika earlier abandoned plans to stand for a fifth term amid mass protests
The conference will include demonstrators’ representatives as well as participants from Algeria’s 1954-1962 independence war, the source said.
On February, Bouteflika’s ruling coalition announced plans to run for another term, which sparked mass protests across the country. “There will be no elections on April 18. This decision was made to satisfy the demands of the people,” Bouteflika said.
He also announced upcoming government reshuffle and a national conference, after which the date for the next presidential elections will be determined.
Source: Reuters
