Hope, tension mark kickoff of Algerian election campaign
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En Algérie, un scrutin aux multiples inconnues
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Hope, tension mark kickoff of Algerian election campaign
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FILE - In this April 2, 2021 file photo, demonstrators invade the streets of Algiers. A crackdown on the pro-democracy Hirak movement, with hundreds arrested around Algeria during last week s 117th Friday march, casts a pall over presidential efforts to give a new face to a nation whose army plays a backseat role in governance. (AP Photo/ Fateh Guidoum, File)
ALGIERS – Candidates hopeful of winning one of the 407 seats in the Algerian parliament kicked off campaigning this week for next month s legislative elections under a new system meant to weed out corruption and open voter rolls a major step in President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s promise of a “new Algeria.”