Head of war of independence Algeria requests of end of crisis

Algiers, June 11, 2013 (AFP)

A father of the independence of the Algeria urged the army at the end of the crisis of leadership, sick call country and invalidates president Abdelaziz Bouteflika a despot who had 'elected and re-elected"by the army.

In a letter published Tuesday, Mohamed Michael was wrong to say that the army should oust Bouteflika, hospitalized in France since April, but said "your courage and your patriotism... requires that you act quickly for the survival of our country".

The letter, in the newspaper Le Soir in Algeria, said the army: "this President, your President, that the Algerian people has not freely chosen, has used and abused his powers to its own exclusive service of the institutions of the State. ''

"With the now ill President, the entire State is affected. What are the consequences of the exercise of power by despotic way. »

Michael is one of the rare surviving nationalist leaders who launched a war against the colonial power France in 1954, but remained away from politics since independence has been acquired in 1962.

He urged the army, which has always chosen the leader of the country, showing of "courage," say the "people Algerian will thank you for it.»»

Presidential elections are less than a year away, and calls are made in the press to apply Article 88 of the constitution, which provides for the transfer of power, if the head of State fell seriously ill.

Bouteflika, 76, went to Paris for treatment at the Val de Grace military hospital on April 27 after suffering a mini stroke.

Regular officially until his condition improves roundly failed to convince Algerians, with the media in the Canada and France, stoking the rumor mill.

On Monday, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci insisted that Bouteflika is remained actively involved in the day-to-day running of the country.

The France said last month that Bouteflika had been transferred to the Hospital of Paris for a new installation "to continue his convalescence" after the treatment.

Bouteflika came to power in 1999. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2009, after changes to the constitution allowed him to run for more than two terms.

Before even the latest incident, his health was an inexhaustible source of speculation after he underwent in Paris for an ulcer stomach bleeding in 2005 and spent a long period of convalescence.