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Algeria Holds Presidential Elections Amid Ongoing Human Rights Concerns

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Algeria is holding a presidential election on Saturday, with incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expected to win. Analysts predict little change from the vote, as only two of the 15 hopefuls have received the required 600 signatures of support to run against Tebboune. The two challengers are Abdelaali Hassani Cherif from the moderate Islamist party and Youcef Aouchiche from the centre-left Socialist Forces Front (FFS). Tebboune's main challenge is to boost turnout, as he won in 2019 with 58% of the vote but faced a record abstention rate of over 60%. The election is expected to favor the president, with many of the 24 million eligible voters likely to abstain.

  1. DZ
    Amjad Yamin
    Amnesty International
    1. Alarmingly, this reality has remained bleak in the run-up to the elections.
    2. In recent years, Algeria has experienced a steady erosion of human rights through the authorities' dissolution of political parties, civil society organisations and independent media outlets, alongside a spike in arbitrary arrests and prosecutions using trumped-up terrorism charges.
  2. DZ
    Boubaker Sellami
    1. Previously investors had no confidence to invest in Algeria, but that's beginning to change as our laws are amended and our image changes.
  3. DZ
    Raouf Farrah
    1. Other than that, it's going to be very much business as usual, while making very sure that nothing like the Hirak ever happens again.
    2. This next term is going to be all about continuation and succession.
  4. DZ
    Hasni Abidi
    Center for Studies and Research on the Arab and Mediterranean World
    1. The president is keen to have a significant turnout.
  5. DZ
    Intissar Fakir
    Middle East Institute
    1. If you look at their programmes, nobody's really presenting anything significantly different.
  6. IT
    Riccardo Fabiani
    Crisis Group
    1. That's not to say that any rival might threaten his victory, but they might undermine his mandate.
    2. In 2019 [the year Tebboune was elected], turnout was very low, with only a [small] proportion of those who did turn up voting for him. It's not much of a mandate.
    3. This year, by bringing the vote forward to September [from December, the original date], Tebboune makes it hard for the opposition to campaign … during the hot summer months, as well as head off any challenge from a faction within Tebboune's principal backers, the army.
  7. US
    Andrew Farrand
    Atlantic Council
    1. Every national institution of consequence has been co-opted and pressed into service as an arm of [his] campaign.
    2. But he [Tebboune] struggled to rein in inflation and failed to meet his own export growth targets … [and] failed to leverage Algeria's newfound popularity to advance key foreign policy priorities.

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sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.Russian Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Election
  3. 3.Authoritarianism
  4. 4.Algeria-Russia Relations
  5. 5.Algeria under Abdelmadjid Tebboune

countries

  1. 1.AlgeriaDZ
  2. 2.FranceFR
  3. 3.Russian FederationRU
  4. 4.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.Hirak
  2. 2.Amnesty InternationalGB
  3. 3.Movement of Society for Peace
  4. 4.Socialist Forces Front
  5. 5.ANIEDZ
  6. 6.Center for Studies and Research on the Arab and Mediterranean World
  7. 7.FacebookUS
  8. 8.Atlantic CouncilUS
  9. 9.Council of the Nation
  10. 10.Crisis Group
  11. 11.Democratic Social Movement
  12. 12.Forces for National Liberation

persons

  1. 1.Abdelmadjid Tebboune
  2. 2.Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  3. 3.Youcef Aouchiche
  4. 4.Abdellah Hassan Cherif
  5. 5.Hasni AbidiDZ
  6. 6.Mohamed Hennad
  7. 7.Amjad YaminDZ
  8. 8.Andrew FarrandUS
  9. 9.Fethi Ghares
  10. 10.Intissar FakirDZ
  11. 11.Raouf FarrahDZ
  12. 12.Riccardo FabianiIT

technicals

  1. 1.Islam
Algeria Holds Presidential Elections Amid Ongoing Human Rights Concerns