Algeria activists call for poll boycott, demand electoral reforms

Ali Benouari, vice-president of the Mouwatana group told the BBC that anti-Bouteflika protests were sure to continue if government decides to press ahead with the vote.

According to him the country was currently in a strange situation where the activists and opposition were on one side with the government on the other.

“We are in this very strange situation (where) now the streets is ahead, the opposition is behind. The problem for the opposition is how to manage the situation without looking opportunist,” he said.