Mubarek would have stayed, if it wasn't for the US pressure. Sissi is a lot more dangerous than his predecessor or Mubarek, and he his going to be the next fixture for decade to come...
Please refrain from writing stupidities...Bouteflika, no matter what the local newspapers write about him is very well liked by the population.
The fact that he wasn't thrown out,due his limited abilities after his stroke, is simply due the Algerian character that is very hard to explain to outsiders. Algerians do not throw their elders to street...is simple as that...and the country functions, because it does have solid institutions....period!