Algeria is in a worse state thanks to Bouteflika

Just about anybody with common sense in Algeria has called on the president  Bouteflika to leave power. It's clear that Bouteflika took power of an ailing country and will leave it in an even worse state.

The Algerian president’s claims of developments and achievements what most Algerians consider are in fact projects that go back to the initial years of Algeria’s independence, however their execution have been delayed for more than 35 years, adding, some of these achievements were made thanks to suspicious deals that plundered huge sums of the public money.

None cannot praise material achievements under tyranny; when people’s hopes were and still are being suppressed and their legitimate rights are being denied.

Algeria’s official APS news agency has reported that President Bouteflika is being treated for a minor stroke at the Paris-area Val-de-Grace military hospital. The news service published a message from Bouteflika earlier this week, saying he was on the road to recovery.

Bouteflika issued a public message earlier this week attempting to reassure the people of Algeria about his health.

“While I continue to receive medical treatment, I must thank almighty God for allowing me to get better and now be on the road to recovery,” the president wrote. “I must also reassure my dear compatriots and thank them for their prayers and messages of sympathy.”

Despite attempts to play down Bouteflika’s health concerns, controversy continues to surround his ability to resume his presidential responsibilities. There is wide-ranging speculation that he will not seek a fourth term in office at the presidential elections scheduled to be held next year.

Bouteflika did the same as other Algerian presidents before when ill they seek medical help in deluxe France's hospitals while ordinary Algerians have to do with run-down and outdated Algeria's hospitals.  “No doubt, the French president and intelligence know the truth about Bouteflika’s illness. Algerians consider this a catastrophe. Nobody in their country knows the truth about his illness—it is fatigue, a temporary or chronic condition?—but the highest authorities’ in France know specific details about the president’s health, and whether he can resume his political duties or not.”

There can be no doubt that France because of its interests will intervene, in one way or another, in Algerian politics, should the president be unable to resume his political duties. France is worried about its interests it has gained since Bouteflika came to power.

It is not a secret in Algeria that France’s bankrupt companies have resuscitated themselves thanks to Algeria’s public funds, without fear of prosecution. Therefore, Paris will do everything in its power to ensure its interests

The debate raging around Bouteflika’s health,  Algerians must act now before their president’s health will have an impact on the Algerian society at large and state institutions, which are known to be corrupt. The ailing state becomes even sicker when the president is ill, especially as the president holds broad powers.