Algeria’s presidential race is in full swing in the middle of a political crisis. Opposition parties and activists staging protests against the reelection of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his FLN Party.<br /><br /> If he is voted in to office on April 17 it would be his fourth term in power. The 77-year-old began the presidential race with a letter to voters declaring himself fit to govern despite suffering a stroke last year. Abdelmalek Sellal, the country’s former prime minister, has been appointed as his campaign manager. <br /><br /> Algeria’s largest legal Islamist party, the Movement of Society for Peace and the liberal Rally for Culture and Democracy party have said they will boycott the election.
