Algeria army chief red cards Bouteflika

General Gaid demands Bouteflika be declared unfit to rule in accordance with Article 102 of constitution.

ALGIERS - Algeria's army chief called Tuesday for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to govern, following weeks of mass protests calling on the ailing leader to step down.

General Ahmed Gaid Salah said in a televised speech the "way out of crisis ... is in Article 102" of the constitution, under which the president could be declared unable to perform his duties due to serious illness.