“I support Bouteflika,” says Zeroual’s son

Algerian former President’s son Abdelkarim Zeroual said he attended a campaign gathering of candidate Abdelaziz Bouteflika to show his support for the incumbent president who is vying for a third mandate at the helm of the nation .

• Abdelkarim Zeroual was sitting in the first row to listen to Bouteflika’s campaign speech. He was wearing a scarf adorned with the president candidate’s picture.
• Speaking about his father’s position, he said he respects personal freedom and does not intervene in his family’s personal matters.
• “He taught us democracy and he is a real democratic man,” he added.
• He believes that his father has already expressed his position on the presidential elections. “The former generation did its job and the future is for the young.”
• In his gathering as part of the ongoing electoral campaign, Bouteflika hailed Liamine Zeroual, saying he “had shouldered the responsibility of being president before me.”
• Earlier, Algerian sports minister Hachemi Djiar had spoken about “ a friendly relationship”  between Abdelkarim Zeroual and Bouteflika.