FILE PHOTO: A student holds a banner during a protest against Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, Algeria March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian protesters have chosen prominent reformist lawyers and rights activists to spearhead popular pressure against what they see as an authoritarian and out of touch ruling system, several activists told Reuters.
Opposition activists have dismissed a decision by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika not to stand for a fifth term as at a half-measure aimed at placating popular anger and doing nothing to address decades of economic and social malaise.
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