Algeria’s army chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah is demanding the transitional authorities to organise presidential elections before the end of the year.
Algeria: Presidential election before end of 2019 [The Morning Call]
He made the announcement on Monday saying the date of the long-delayed election should be announced by mid-September.
His comments appeared to be addressed at the interim leader Abdelkader Bensalah who, in line with Algeria’s electoral law, must issue a decree to gather the electoral college 90 days before polls can take place.
If this is done, it means that the polls should take place in mid-December this year.