The “maximum democrat” Abdelmadjid Tebboune “wanted to be re-elected with a score that would make Kim Jong-un pale, he has been well served!” ironizes him Morning in Algeria.
The outgoing Algerian president was re-elected on Sunday, September 8 “no surprise” in the first round for a second term at the head of the country with “94.65% of the votes”, according to the electoral authority (Anie), reports the Algerian news site All about Algeria. A memory
The only two other candidates in the running, the leader of the moderate Islamist party MSP, Abdelaali Hassani and Youcef Aouchiche, leader of the Front of Socialist Forces (FFS, the oldest opposition party) obtained 3.17% and 2.16% of the vote respectively. “Particularly ridiculous rates”comments the Morning in Algeria.
Now that Tebboune has been “rewarded with a re-election with a Soviet-style rate”“l“Algeria is back for 5 years with a head of state who is never short of grand declarations… without any follow-up”predicts the Algerian daily.
An election “marked out by the regime for months”
The Financial Timese note that “Tebboune’s victory was widely expected in a country where the army makes decisions behind a facade of civilian government”. “Analysts believe that the elections in Algeria are carefully orchestrated to ensure the victory of the candidate chosen by the army”underlines the British daily.
“Everything indicated that this election would never be one. With a Minister of the Interior as the campaign manager of the Head of State, was there anything else to expect? The regime has been marking everything out for months. All-out repression, muzzling of dissident voices, association of heavy media and newspapers in a large-scale manipulation operation to swallow the most undrinkable potions that Tebboune’s eggheads could imagine,” strikes the Morning in Algeria.
The Financial Times remember that “The election followed a lackluster campaign that featured no debates between candidates and generated little enthusiasm among a largely young population, with half of Algerians under 30.”
“The young Algerians who spoke to us believe that the country should do much more to ensure that they participate in the electoral process and have confidence that their vote really counts,” explained the correspondent ofAl-Jazeera in Algeria, Osama Bin Javaid.
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