Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who was declared the winner of the nation’s newest presidential election, joined his two opponents in elevating considerations about election irregularities. The criticism stems from the nation’s election physique, the Nationwide Unbiased Election Authority (ANIE), asserting outcomes that contradicted earlier turnout figures and native tallies. Election officers had introduced a 48% provisional voter turnout fee however by the point the election train completed, they reported that solely 5.6 million, round 23% of Algeria’s 24 million voters, participated. Tebboune and his challengers, Islamist Abdelali Hassani Cherif and socialist Youcef Aouchiche, collectively issued a press release criticizing the discrepancies. Tebboune, who received the vote by 94.7%, had tried to encourage voter turnout. His efforts seem to have fallen quick with the turnout decrease even than the nation’s 2019 election. In line with pro-democracy activists, the low voter turnout is a lesson in democracy to “le pouvoir,” the nation’s military-backed elites.
SOURCE: AP NEWS