Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died on Friday at the age of 84. “Death of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika,” said a banner on national television, quoting a statement from the Presidency of the Republic. The date of his burial has not been announced.
Official televisions only announced the death of the former head of state, without however interrupting their programs to devote special programs to him.
It should be mentioned that, apart from the official announcement, Bouteflika’s death did not give rise to any immediate comment from the authorities, but Internet users have commented extensively on the disappearance of the one who remained in power from 1999 to 2019, a record for longevity. in Algeria
Recall that, this spectacular fall in April 2019 under pressure from the army and the street, the one Algerians colloquially called “Boutef” had remained holed up in solitude in his nursing home in Zeralda, west of Algiers, then that his relatives were being prosecuted on charges of corruption.
