Algeria votes in parliamentary test of post-Hirak political landscape
Algerians are voting on July 2 in legislative elections for the 407-seat People's National Assembly, in a contest widely viewed as a test of political engagement and reform credibility. The vote comes more than seven years after the 2019 Hirak protest movement and amid continuing debate over how much the political system has changed since then. Authorities say the election is taking place across the country under an open-list proportional representation system.More than 24.7 million registered voters are eligible to take part, including about 854,000 people living abroad, according to the Independent National Authority of Elections. Electoral authorities say hundreds... [Continue Reading]
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