Meanwhile Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui's interim government is struggling to cope with a deteriorating economy...
Protestors have been adamant that the '3Bs' – Bensalah recently resigned head of the Constitutional Council Tayeb Belaïz and Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui – should all go along with Gaïd Salah himself...
Another announcement on 31 March that the caretaker Prime Minister Bouteflika loyalist Noureddine Bedoui had undertaken a 'sweeping' reshuffle was intended to build confidence by naming competent officials like Banque d'Algérie (BdA) governor Mohammed Loukal as interim Finance Minister and power specialist Mohammed Arkab at energy...
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He also appointed Interior Minister Noureddine Bedoui as the new prime minister and announced a national conference on political and economic reform leading to a referendum on a new constitution followed by presidential elections (AC Vol 58 No 17 The state stays captured)...
The suddenly increased profile of the Bouteflika loyalist Interior Minister Noureddine Bedoui suggested he was being lined up as a stalking horse against Tebboune...
The extent to which rioters in the south identify Algiers as the enemy was underlined when a visit by the recently appointed Interior and Local Communities Minister Noureddine Bedoui sparked increased violence...