Marching through the main streets of Algiers, the protesters chanted “No vote, no vote” as security forces intervened to disperse them.erupted in February as veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika prepared to stand for another term in an election that was originally scheduled for July.
Bouteflika stepped aside in April as the army withdrew its support and the authorities began detaining his allies and other senior officials and businessmen on corruption charges. The demonstrators reject any election that takes place while old members of the ruling elite remain in place, saying it could not be fair.
The five men running in the election are all former senior officials, though some had later spoken out against Bouteflika or opposed him in earlier elections.
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