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"I will urge the parliament to review all the legislative framework," Bouteflika, 74, said in a speech broadcast by state-owned television. The president, who has not spoken in public for at least three months, said he had decided to amend the constitution "to reinforce representative democracy" in Algeria. Unlike the nationwide uprisings which toppled leaders in nearby Egypt and Tunisia, Algeria's protests to date have been localized and have yet to coalesce into a nationwide political movement. But the growing protests have become a daily occurrence in the capital and a threat to OPEC member Algeria's stability. The Algerian government's strategy so far to deal with the wave of strikes and demonstrations has been to use the oil money to give protesters what they want. Commentators say this has inspired other people to take their demands to the street. 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