ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the victor in Algeria's presidential election, winning in a landslide marred by low voter turnout and claims of irregularities from his detractors in the gas-rich North Af
ALGIERS, Algeria — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the victor in Algeria's presidential election, winning in a landslide marred by low voter turnout and claims of irregularities from his detractors in the gas-rich North African nation.
Tebboune's reelection comes five years after weekly pro-democracy protests known as the “Hirak” led the military to oust his octogenarian predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika following two decades as president. The election process outraged Tebboune's detractors. Activists and international organizations, including Amnesty International, railed against the campaign season’s repressive atmosphere and the harassment and prosecutions of those involved in opposition parties, media organizations and civil society groups. Some denounced this election as a rubber stamp exercise that can only entrench the status quo.
After the result was announced, his campaign manager Ahmed Sadok doubled down and called them outlandish. “The President has more legitimacy to continue his action to better establish his project for the new Algeria,” he said on public television.
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