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2019-05-05 Africa North
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Bouteflika's brother, intelligence chiefs arrested
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[Al Jazeera] Algerian police have tossed in the slammer
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
former President Abdelaziz  Bouteflika
... 10th president-for-life of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third or fourth term. Maybe it's the fifth....
's youngest brother alongside two former intelligence chiefs, according to local media.
Said Bouteflika and Generals Bachir Athmane Tartag and Mohammed Mediene were taken into custody on Saturday for questioning, reported the private Ennahar TV.
The younger Bouteflika, who served as advisor to the president for more than a decade, is seen by many as having taken de facto control of the North African state, after his brother suffered a crippling stroke in 2013.
Massive ongoing protests calling for a radical change pushed the ailing president to resign on April 2, but demonstrators continue to demand the removal of all those linked to the former administration.
Army chief of staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah, a former associate of President Bouteflika, came to the fore in late March after he broke ranks with the ailing leader, and called on him to step down. The president resigned five days later.
The 79-year-old Gaid Salah has since sought to win the confidance of demonstrators by vowing to prosecute members of the old guard suspected of corruption.
But the arrest of more than half a dozen prominent businessmen seen as close to the presidential "clan" has largely failed to appease protesters, who continue to take to the streets demanding a complete overhaul of the political system.
On Friday, the eleventh straight week of demonstrations, some protesters called on Gaid Salah to resign. They held up banners accusing him of failing to take on senior figures in the Bouteflika government, including the president's brother.
Others held placards reading "No to military rule".
North Africa analyst Rochdi Alloui said that, in prosecuting members of the ruling elite, Gaid Salah was hoping to set himself further apart from Bouteflika's immediate entourage and signal both his readiness and credibility to negotiate a transition with the opposition.
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