Algeria's ruling FLN party chief steps down
ALGIERS- The long-standing chief of Algeria's ruling FLN party Amar Saadani has resigned just weeks after making accusations that a retired spy chief and a former prime minister had been French agents.
Saadani, a close ally of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has often been critical of opponents, but analysts said he crossed a line when he openly criticised veterans of the independence war against France.
Algeria is mostly still run by a generation of older politicians involved in the war of independence against France, including Bouteflika. And the FLN or Front de Liberation Nationale has dominated Algeria's politics since independence in 1962.
"I am resigning because of health problems," Saadani told FLN members during a meeting on Saturday, which was broadcast on local television.
