136 popular gatherings for Bouteflika's campaign and warnings from the state's means exploitation
Electoral campaigns of candidates for the Presidential Elections of April the 17th, starts here on Sunday, with a large the disruption of the power balance between the six candidates, both in terms of logistical support or human presence, as the directorate of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s campaign, had planned to gather large crowds in Algeria and abroad, especially in all the Wilayas of the republic and the large French cities with a total of 136 gatherings.
State Minister and personal adviser to the President Bouteflika, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, grabbed the lion’s share with 19 states, while Chairman of the Nation’s Council, the Secretary General of the National Democratic Rally, will organize Eight gatherings, while Moussa Touati chose to visit 41 Wilayas by land, and Faouzi Rabbaine will be on a date with other regional activities, and candidate Louisa Hanoun will visit Annaba (eastern Algeria).
National Directorate for the campaign of the candidate Abdelaziz Bouteflika, finally agreed on a detailed program that identified areas of the moveement of all the personalities among the nine which formed a mosaic for the Directorate of Bouteflika’s campaign.
According to a set of data and indicators, Abdelmalek Sellal, the campaign manager of Bouteflika’s campaign, decided to grant a share of each and every one of those who “volunteered” to serve Bouteflika, though he booked for himself the largest share as the campaign’s manager to visit 23 Wilayas, where he will organize 30 popular gatherings, but the calculation seemed not equal in reality, even though in its interior, according to observers seemed logical, although Abdelaziz Belkhadem, lost the position of FLN’s Secretary- General, but he grabbed the largest share in the number of gatherings and almost daily with a total of 19 gatherings, as he will visit Wilayas that are classified as isolated such as Ghardaia, where he will activate three gatherings.
It seems that the nature of Ghardaia events outweighed Belkhadem, who will be on an extraordinary mission to reconcile rather than to attract voters.
Asymmetrical campaign which will kicks off today, and in favor of the President as always, will bring FLN’s Secretary General, Amar Saadani, in 17 gatherings, three of them will be in France and two of them would be where Rebekah Building Ben Younes , and Umar Gul in Lyon , and it seems that Amar Saadani , could not impose logic grabbing a majority in revitalize communities in favor of Bouteflika , and stop his dream at 17 localities.