{"id":37143,"date":"2019-03-24T16:23:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T16:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=37143"},"modified":"2019-03-24T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T16:23:07","slug":"daesh-extremists-blow-themselves-up-in-north-iraq-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=37143","title":{"rendered":"Daesh extremists blow themselves up in north Iraq: army"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"80\">\n<p>\nALGIERS: A group of Algerian opposition parties and unions proposed on Saturday a \u201croadmap\u201d to end a political crisis and weeks of protests sparked by the veteran president\u2019s bid to stay in power.<\/p>\n<p>\nPresident Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on February 22 he would run for a fifth term in April 18 elections, despite concerns about his ability to rule, triggering an outcry in the country which has since been gripped by demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 82-year-old, who uses a wheelchair and has rarely appeared in public since suffering a stroke in 2013, earlier this month said he would pull out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut he also postponed the elections, meaning he will stay in power until polls are held.<\/p>\n<p>\nBouteflika\u2019s current mandate expires on April 28 and proposals agreed at a meeting between opposition parties and unions call for a six-month transition period from that date.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe roadmap stipulates the creation of a \u201cpresidential body\u201d that would run the country during the transition period and which would be comprised of \u201cnational figures known for their credibility, integrity and competence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nBut members of the body should not run in future presidential elections nor back any candidates in the poll, the statement seen by AFP said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe proposals were made during a meeting attended namely by the party of Bouteflika\u2019s key rival Ali Benflis, a former prime minister who has joined the opposition, and the main Islamist party, the Movement for the Society of Peace.<\/p>\n<p>\nAlgeria\u2019s opposition however has been marginalized by the protest movement, which has been largely led by students angry with the country\u2019s political system.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe proposals come a day after hundreds of thousands of Algerians demonstrated nationwide for a fifth consecutive Friday, demanding that Bouteflika stand down and calling for regime change.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Saturday, around 1,000 lawyers rallied in the capital Algiers chanting \u201cwe\u2019re fed up\u201d with this government and calling on the political system to \u201cgo away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALGIERS: A group of Algerian opposition parties and unions proposed on Saturday a \u201croadmap\u201d to end a political crisis and weeks of protests sparked by the veteran president\u2019s bid to stay in power. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on February 22 he would run for a fifth term in April 18 elections, despite concerns about his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}