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TEHRAN, Mar 09 - A lawyer acting on behalf of an unnamed Algerian citizen has filed a petition with a Swiss court requesting that Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Switzerland for medical treatment, be placed under a trusteeship for his own protection.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The petition came as tens of thousands of people protested in Algeria against the 82-year-old ailing leader's bid to secure a fifth term in the country's April 18 elections.
It was unclear whether the court would admit the case, or whether the petition, received Friday, had any chance of garnering support.
Lawyer Saskia Ditisheim, the president of the Swiss division of Lawyers without Borders, said in the petition that Bouteflika's "fragile health" left him vulnerable to "exploitation" by those around him.
The TPAE court she sent the document to specialises in the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
"It is obvious that the Algerian president is today incapable of discernment, with a very precarious health condition and that all of his actions ... have not been carried out by him but by his political and familial entourage," said the document.
It was therefore clear that the Algerian leader had not himself decided to submit his candidacy for a fifth term.
He could also not have himself issued a statement this week that warned protestors in Algeria that troublemakers may try to infiltrate the demonstrations and create "chaos", according to the petition.
Source: AFP
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