Plan C involves a counter proposal for an interim 'national unity' government under a stand-in head of state – ex-President Liamine Zéroual is the name most often mentioned although the widely respected general is keeping his counsel...
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It is Ouyahia's fourth term as premier the first of which was under General Lamine Zeroual in 1995-98 with two more under Bouteflika...
Lamine Zeroual has been mooted...
Some factions are trying to get General Lamine Zeroual to stand...
The Rassemblement National Démocratique a party which prospered under the previous President Lamine Zeroual won 48 seats instead of its previous 155 and is now expected to lose members to the FLN...
But the failure of outgoing President Lamine Zeroual to ensure credible elections is widely seen as a victory for old guard military manipulators led by retired Generals Larbi Belheir and Khaled Nezzar and the eventual reluctance of Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant-Gen...