DECRYPTION – Neither of his two competitors, who represent the Islamist and secular opposition respectively, seem able to worry the incumbent this Saturday, September 7.
Algiers
In front of the fruit and vegetable van that stops every day in Benghazi, a neighborhood in the eastern suburbs ofAlgiersRachid, the seller, and Latifa, a local resident, exchange a few pleasantries. About the price of green grapes, at 320 Algerian dinars (less than 2 euros), children’s health or water cuts… Politics is not part of their conversation topics. But when questioned on the presidential election which will be held on Saturday, September 7they smile conspiratorially. Are they planning to vote? “Ah, lazem!»they answer in chorus. In the Algiers dialect, this little word, which is widely used, means: “It’s necessary.»
SinceAbdelmadjid Tebbouneoutgoing president and candidate for his succession, announced an early election, they did not escape the big campaign: “Because I am an Algerian, I vote!»“It is by voting that we exercise our citizenship fully and entirely, because we choose…
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