In its presidential elections, Algeria prepares for ‘business as usual’
Al Jazeera
Analysts predict little change from a vote likely to confirm the incumbent.
As Algerians head for the polls to vote in a presidential election, analysts say they do not expect big changes.
Of the 15 hopefuls who said they would run against incumbent president, 78-year-old Abdelmadjid Tebboune, only two received the requisite 600 signatures of support from elected officials, or the 50,000 public signatures from across the country.
Abdelaali Hassani Cherif hails from the moderate Islamist party, the Movement of Society for Peace, and Youcef Aouchiche from the centre-left Socialist Forces Front (FFS).
The candidacies of Hassani or Aouchiche are unlikely to trouble the incumbent greatly, Intissar Fakir, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute said.
