President Bouteflika won re-election with more than 90 percent of votes cast.

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President Bouteflika has also launched an ambitious reform agenda that would culminate next year with an amended constitution, new electoral laws and a press code, along with several other key changes aimed at curtailing corruption and easing bureaucratic hurdles.

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President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's condition was characterized as "not serious, " Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal told the Algerian Press Service.

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But he was a stern critic of the brand of reconciliation that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been pursuing.

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