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Member State of the African Union On 10 April the election was rescheduled for 4 July. [citation needed], On 28 September, Abdallah Djaballah, president of the Justice and Development Front, announced that his party will not take part in the elections. The demonstrations mark the 65th anniversary of Algeria's war of independence from France. On Thursday morning, the B.C. Election 2020 Calendar. Member State of the Arab League, The 2019 Algerian presidential election was held in Algeria on 12 December 2019.

[3] On 10 April the election was rescheduled for 4 July. [24], Potential candidates Ahmed Gaid Salah and Noureddine Bedoui won't run.

The official estimate of the turnout of just under 40% of eligible voters was the lowest of any Algerian presidential election held since independence, primarily due to boycotts by citizens and political parties alike. [11] This was followed by the Society for Peace Movement, which made a similar decision for the same reasons. Thousands flood Algiers to demand 'new revolution', Arrests on new Friday protests in Algeria, Algeria rallies continue despite pull-out, Algerians celebrate president's withdrawal.

Algeria‘s electoral authority has said the country’s presidential election next month will be contested by five candidates – all part of the political establishment that has drawn the ire of months-long protests demanding the departure of the ruling elite. [1] The election had originally been scheduled for 18 April, but was postponed due to sustained weekly protests against plans by the incumbent president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a fifth term. [16][13], Bensalah is not eligible to participate in the presidential election. [citation needed], 145 people picked up their application forms, including:[25], The five candidates announced by Mohamed Chorfi, head of the electoral authority, on 2 November 2019 are:[8], Al Jazeera English described the five candidates as "all part of the political establishment", whose departure from power is one of the main aims of the 2019 Algerian protests. Angry at unemployment, corruption and an elderly elite seen as out of touch with the young, Algerians began taking to the streets on February 22 to protest, initially against ailing Bouteflika’s plans to remain in office, and then for the removal of all remnants of a secretive political and military establishment that has dominated the country for decades.

Bouteflika resigned on 2 April and Abdelkader Bensalahwas elected acting president by parliament a week later. The demonstrators have repeatedly demanded key figures of the ruling elite step down and credible institutions be established before elections are held. country’s presidential election next month will be contested by five candidates – all part of the political establishment that has drawn the ire of months-long protests demanding the departure of the ruling elite. [19] A week later, on 11 March 2019, Bouteflika withdrew from the race and postponed the election. On 2 June the Constitutional Council postponed the elections again, citing …

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