Sunday, February 24, 2019

Algeria - Big demonstrations against a fifth mandate for president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algier and many towns

A big demonstration took place in Algier last friday the 22th of February after the new that the country's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika would run in the next elections for a 5th mandate.
Several demonstrations took place in other towns with thousands and thousands of people.
Algerian people who took to the streets decry that the 82 years old and ill president and the clan behind him can't  stay anymore on power.
When the demonstration headed to presidential palace, police shoot several rounds of tear gas and made 40 arrests, all of them freed the same night.
The elections are scheduled for the next 18th of March












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