After the announcement of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's candidacy for a fifth term at the presidential election on April 18, protesters massively took to the streets, February 22, to express their refusal of this decision, especially as the head of state suffers from serious health problems. #فبلادي_ظلموني من الحراك الشعبي بالشقيقة #الجزائر ??#حراك_22_فيفري pic.twitter.com/xpMr20Ai5p — La Gazzetta della RAJA (@GazzettaRaja) February 23, 2019 During their marches, protesters chanted slogans hostile to the current president, as shown by videos broadcast on social media. Some have even taken up the well-known Casablanca-based Raja football club fan song «Fe bladi delmouni» (Oppressed in my own country), as a call for freedom and a hymn against social and political injustice. The 2019 Algerian presidential elections will be held during an intense climate, as more and more opponents of Bouteflika are expressing themselves against his candidacy, which could eventually lead him for a fifth time in a row as head of state.
