Minister of State Without Portfolio Bouguerra Soltani of Algeria

MSP leader Bouguerra Soltani says that the government needs to be replaced by a team of technocrats to prepare for the upcoming elections -- an idea stemming from the anti-Ouyahia campaign.

Minister of State and MSP President Bouguerra Soltani said Zerhouni's first declaration was more "objective.

Soltani said the government was hopeful of a positive outcome.

The Movement of Society for Peace (MSP), a moderate Islamist party, whose leader Bouguerra Soltani is the government's state minister.