Telegraph: Algeria is the first Arab country to overthrow the president peacefully

CAIRE –

The Algerians celebrated the resignation of Bouteflika after his announcement, a letter addressed to the president of the Constitutional Council. The resignation comes after Lieutenant-General Ahmed Kayed Saleh, Chief of Staff of the Army, demanded immediate constitutional measures to isolate Bouteflika, who led the country for 20 years.

"After Bouteflika's resignation, Algerians are demanding a change of regime," The Daily Telegraph reported. The Algerian scene was considered the most civilized and was characterized by peaceful demonstrations calling for the overthrow of the country's president.

The British newspaper said the peaceful protests are the first of their kind to succeed without the worst happening in a Middle East country, starting with protests in Egypt, which succeeded in overthrowing President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. .

The paper added that after the Egyptian revolution and the successful overthrow of Mubarak, peaceful revolutions failed in Yemen, Libya and Syria, and allowed security authorities to crack down on protesters in Iran, Bahrain. and in Turkey.

"Opponents in Syria, Sudan and the Arab world have hailed Bouteflika 's resignation, which is a sign that hope in the Arab Spring has not yet died and that it' s not yet dead. it was not completely crushed. "