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Significance
These will be the third polls under President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. As for the two previous votes -- the November 2020 constitutional referendum and the June 2021 legislative election -- participation in the local elections is likely to be poor. Such low voter turnout is progressively eroding the government’s legitimacy.
Impacts
The military leadership may blame Tebboune for overseeing three failed elections and could further marginalise him from decision-making.
Tebboune will remain president, but he and his cabinet may increasingly be managed by the Ministry of Defence.
Khaled Nezzar, the architect of the 1991 coup, has been rehabilitated, which appears to be influencing military strategy.
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