By Geoff D. Porter
Algeria’s 12 June legislative election did not turn out the way the President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had intended. Instead of marking the final step in a two-year long political transition, the election resulted in the return of the old Bouteflika-era political parties. President Tebboune’s touted “New Algeria” looks an awful lot like the old pre-Hirak Algeria.
Moreover, President Tebboune’s relations with the parties that won the largest number of votes – the National Liberation Front (FLN), the Movement for a Peaceful Society (MSP), and the National Democratic Rally (RND) – are not good. Thus, instead of aligning the presidency and the parliament and streamlining policymaking, there is now a tense rift between Zighout Youcef and the Mouradia that will likely lead to more policy paralysis.
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