The Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, dispensed after the mass protests of the population on a renewed candidacy. He suspended also the upcoming presidential election.

The health of the ailing President of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, will run for a fifth term. The state news Agency APS reported. The 82-Year-old bends to the pressure of the people. In the weeks before, there had been massive protests in Algeria against a possible candidacy.

originally for the 18. April’s planned presidential election would be postponed also, as is clear from a letter to his countrymen, the office published.