Bouteflika... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third or fourth term, who will probably die in office of old age...
in the presidential election of April 17, said Saturday that the latter has managed to build a "strong, modern and professional" army capable of defending the nation and deal with all the threats facing the country.
Sellal preferred, during a meeting in Annaba on the penultimate day of the electoral campaign for the presidential election of April 17, 2014, to focus his speech on the work done by Bouteflika during the last 15 years, in his capacity as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence, to build a professional army, noting that reducing the period of national service from 18 to 12 months is the result of this effort.
For Sellal, ANP (National People's Army "now has all the capabilities to deal with all kinds of threats and it reassures us and allows us to live in peace and tranquillity."
Recalling the role of ANP during the terrorist attack against Tiguntourine gas plant In Aménas, Sellal noted that the Army is the "true guarantor of stability in the country and the merit in all this amounts to the work undertaken by Abdelaziz Bouteflika."