When Abdelaziz Bouteflika won presidential elections in Algeria, he promised to restore diplomatic ties with Morocco. However, once in power, the politician adopted a conciliatory stance towards the Kingdom.
On Tuesday, Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced that he is leaving office, following weeks of protests. The speaker of Algeria’s upper house is expected to replace the 82-year-old politician as interim leader, amid questions related to his «Moroccan citizenship».
The leader of Algeria’s Justice and Development Front party has announced that the current Speaker of the country’s Council of the Nation, the parliament’s upper chamber, could not run the country if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns. To him, Abdelkader Bensalah’s Moroccan origins are the problem.
In 1999, and months after he passed away, King Hassan II reached an agreement with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on the Western Sahara conflict, US Department of State document reveals.
The Kingdom has always been a welcoming home for Algerian politicians who fell out of favor in the neighboring country. Several political figures and intellectuals found refuge in Morocco, after being forced to flee their motherland.
Protests in Algeria have pushed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to drop his plans to run for a third presidential term. Responding to angry protesters, the president and the chief of staff of the Algerian People's National Army warned against «hostile foreign sides».
The 2019 Algerian presidential election, scheduled for April the 18th, will not be taking place. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced, in a letter addressed Monday to Algerian, that he will not seek a fifth term.
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