Any negotiated transfer of power is likely to favour a safe regime candidate such as Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal or Minister of State and President's Office Director Ahmed Ouyahia...
With Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and the presidency's favourite businessman Ali Haddad among those talking up an agenda for change some diplomats and analysts see prospects for accelerated change in Algeria's sclerotic regime...
Even long-standing presidential aspirants such as Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and former Premier Ahmed Ouyahia now head of Bouteflika's private office are looking nervously over their shoulders as the après-Boutef gets closer say Algiers analysts...
Bendaoud is said to be related to ambitious Bouteflika supporter Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal...
The local press will continue to recycle talk of constitutional revisions – including the appointment of a vice-president – and a possible mid-term retirement that might allow a regime-approved civilian politician to take office such as Presidential Office Director Ahmed Ouyahia Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal reformist ex-Premier Mouloud Hamrouche or regular presidential candidate Ali Benflis...
The spin on Bouteflika's reappointment as Prime Minister of Abdelmalek Sellal was that more proactive managerial politicians were coming to the fore...
Since he is no longer a credible candidate the job will probably go to someone acceptable to all factions such as Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal...
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal is confirmed as head of government – and one with presidential candidate potential...
On 21 May he was moved to the Institution Nationale des Invalides and on 13 June the state-controlled ENTV channel broadcast three minutes of heavily-edited footage of an apparently convalescing Bouteflika drinking coffee and chatting with Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and the Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaïd Salah...
His new Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has made his ministers work harder and has initiated new projects but popular confidence is low (AC Vol 45 No 6 A man for election seasons)...
