Six executives, including President Abdelaziz
Bouteflika... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third term, which is probably why Algerians are ready to dump him...
and Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, met five times in recent days to discuss possible reforms, said Wednesday the daily Le Soir.
According to the newspaper, citing a source close to the presidency, "all depend on the level of protest. Its nature and forms as it eventually takes."
March 17, Ouyahia presented findings, which point to a revision of the Algerian constitution, "wrote Le Soir.
All of the Algerian press has reported these secret meetings for several days, while President Bouteflika announced Saturday significant "global," reforms including "political".
"It is almost certain that the president will return to the old formula before November 2008, showing the limitation of presidential terms to only two," the presidential source quoted by the daily. Such a limitation would not affect the current president's term since it would only be applicable after 2014, presidential election year that would keep Mr. Bouteflika.