Bouteflika controls the influence of the army and El Qaeda is no longer a danger for Algeria

According to the latest report of an economic study based on political and economic situations in Algeria and forecasts for the years 2009 and 2010, the ...El Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb... is no longer a danger to the country's political stability.

• The report also finds that President Bouteflika has managed, during the ten years of presidency, to reduce the influence of the army, which dominated the situation during the nineties. He is the master of decisions according to this report.
  
  
  
  In the report of last February, the unit of economic information, relevant to a British study which deals with political and economic affairs of countries, was interested in the political and economic challenges of Algeria for the years 2009 and 2010, the internal political situation which was characterized by the rise in terrorist acts claimed by the ‘El Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb’, that the security forces have succeeded in reducing the activities of the latter and it is no longer representing a real danger to the political stability in Algeria. The report also highlights the important first step that has been made towards stability in comparison with the situation that prevailed in the nineties.
  
  In this sense, the report speaks of the success of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, during his reign of 10 years, in reducing the influence of the military on the state, compared to the 90s. According to the report, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika refused the dismissal of the first responsible for General information in the General directorate of national security (DGSN), Kamel Beldjilali by the Director General, Colonel Ali Tounsi. President Bouteflika had ordered that he be reinstated in his post. This means, according to the authors of the report that President Bouteflika became the one and only master of decision in the appointment of managers in the security institution.
  
  In the political aspect, and, according to the British report, Bouteflika will certainly be back to lead the country for the third term despite the boycott calls. The report also relates the refusal of the state to allow former dissolved political party, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) all political activity. The number two in the dissolved (FIS), Ali Belhadj was refused permission for the application by the Ministry of the Interior under the law of the charter for peace and national reconciliation.
  
  The unit of economic intelligence in its report said that Bouteflika assured his third term, especially as his competitors are very weak. The latter is supported by the presidential coalition parties. Recent changes made to the constitution, according to the report, will strengthen his prerogatives as president of the republic.
  
  Ennahar / Mohamed B