Taroudant, Morocco- In a video posted on March 7 on YouTube, famous Algerian singer, Cheb Khaled, expressed his support for the candidacy of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in power in the country since 1999.
The king of Ray Cheb Khaled expressed his unequivocal support for the candidacy of the aging Algerian President who is running for a fourth term in spite of his illness.
"I support him as a citizen, not as an artist," said Khaled.
The Algerian singer said that the reasons for his decision to support Bouteflika is mainly peace and security.
“He made my country happy,” said the singer.
"What is wrong with letting a man who has brought peace and change run for presidency once again?" he added.
The Algerian artist, who was granted Moroccan citizenship by a royal decree last August, left Morocco and resettled in France with his wife and his daughters.
As soon as the 77-year-old ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke last year, declared his candidacy for a fourth term, many protests swept Algeria calling for "No to a fourth term," while several opposition parties have called for the boycott of the election.
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