How Algeria's New Regime Won a Referendum but Lost Legitimacy

Author: Rayane Anser

In: Open Democracy, 2020

Discusses how Tebboune, the president elected in December 2019, had campaigned during the referendum on an amendment the constitution drafted to increase its democratic content, hoping to shore up his legitimacy. But Anser notes that under 24 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in 2020, though the amendment passed by 66.8 per cent of those voting. The article also looks at the earlier history of constitutional amendments in Algeria.

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/how-algerias-new-regime-won-a-referendum-but-lost-legitimacy/

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