Season 1, Episode 3
Algeria 2019 Election Preview
Algeria’s secretive politics makes very hard to predict what’s next. But what is certain is that its constitution remains work in progress, considering that there is no definite rule on what to do when a sitting president is unfit to govern. Still, many in Algeria’s ruling circles hope that President Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke and is now over 81 years old, would run again for a fifth term. Why so much interest in a Bouteflika continuity?
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April 2019 could be a critical month for Algeria. New leadership may take over, although several analysts have predicted that incumbent president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, would win a fifth term. Regardless, Algeria is facing crunch time. How to manage revenues in a volatile oil market? how to reduce subsidies to control spending when without sparking major social unrest? These are some of the many questions confronting Algeria in the coming years, and whomever is in power come April will have to have the stamina to deal with these issues.
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Arezki Daoud
Alessandro Bruno
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