September 10, 2024 Meet the Middle East

Algeria presidential candidates appeal election result

Algeria's presidential candidates who lost out to incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algeria's presidential election filed appeals to the Constitutional Court Tuesday, contesting the provisional result of the vote.Abdelaali Hassani, who heads the moderate Islamist party the Movement of Society for Peace, was first to submit his appeal.He said the day before he had "lost the battle but not the war" and denounced the results as a "fraud".
Source: Al Monitor
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