The final voter turnout was 40 percent, electoral commission head Mohamed Charfi announced in a televised address in the capital, Algiers. ADADAlgerian authorities, especially the nation’s powerful military, had championed the election as a way to bring back stability. They also said they hoped it would end nearly 10 months of street demonstrations by opposition parties and activists demanding the erasure of all vestiges of the ruling elite. On Friday, state television announcers declared Thursday’s voter turnout a satisfactory mandate by the people to move forward. ADAt a news conference Friday, Tebboune urged protesters to work with him “to open a new page” in the country.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 16:37 UTC