At the football match between Algeria and Equatorial Guinea, Algerian fans are the symbol of political boredom. “We are not going to vote,” a group of young people exclaim amid cheers and goal celebrations. When the current president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, came to power in 2019, 60% of the population decided not to go to the polls. Five years later, on Saturday 7, abstention has reportedly been reduced, according to questionable data from the National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE).
ANIE announced the provisional results of the presidential election on Sunday, according to which Tebboune was re-elected with 94.65% of the vote. Facing the current president and independent candidate, a divided and oppressed opposition was represented by two candidates: Youcef Aouchiche, first secretary of the historic left-wing party Front of Socialist Forces (FFS), and Abdelaali Hassani, president of the Society for the Movement for Peace (MPS), the largest Islamist political movement in Algeria.