presidential election – The presidential election takes place this Saturday in Algeria. The victory of the outgoing president is expected
A vote without too many surprises is expected this Saturday in Algeria. More than 24 million Algerians are called to the polls to elect their future president who should be Abdelmadjid Tebboune for a second term. “The winner is known in advance”, given “the quality”, the “unusually small number” of competitors, and the “conditions in which the electoral campaign took place which is nothing but a comedy”, estimates on Facebook, Mohamed Hennad, an expert in political science.
Facing the outgoing president are two little-known candidates: Abdelaali Hassani, a 57-year-old public works engineer and head of the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP), the main Islamist party, and Youcef Aouchiche, 41, a former journalist and senator, head of the Front of Socialist Forces (FFS), the oldest opposition party, based in Kabylie (east).
Record abstention in the last elections
The re-election of Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, is all the more certain since four leading parties support his candidacy, notably the National Liberation Front (FLN, former single party) and the Islamist movement El Bina. “The president is keen on a high turnout. That is the first issue. He has not forgotten that he was elected in 2019 with a low rate. (…) - 20minutes
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