Newly-elected parliamentary speaker Mouad Bouchareb is pictured at the National People’s Assembly (APN) in Algiers, Algeria October 24, 2018. Picture taken October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
DUBAI (Reuters) – Algerian parliament president Moad Bouchareb quit on Tuesday, Ennahar TV said, after prolonged demands for his removal by protesters who saw him as a pillar of the ruling elite.
Bouchareb bowed out three months after longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned under pressure from sustained protests seeking root-and-branch reform and an end to systemic corruption and cronyism.
Authorities have postponed a presidential election previously planned for July 4 because of a lack of candidates, with no new date set for the vote.
Reporting by Lamine Chiki; Editing by Mark Heinrich