A court in the Algerian capital on Thursday upheld hefty prison sentences against two former prime ministers who served under ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a judicial source said.
The judgement confirmed sentences of 15 years for Ahmed Ouyahia and 12 years for Abdelmalek Sellal that had originally been handed down in December 2019, the source said.
The Court of appeal gave a 15-year prison term to Ouyahia and 12 years for Sellal for their role in a botched car assembly deal.
The two men were also convicted of using illicit funds to fund former ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika's fifth presidential bid.
They were retried after the supreme court in November annulled their earlier convictions following an appeal.