Algeria will hold a presidential election on December 12, interim President Abdelkader Bensalah announces, despite demands by protesters to postpone a vote until more ruling elite quit office
Demonstrators carry a national flag during a protest demanding social and economic reforms, as well as the departure of the country's ruling elite in Algiers, Algeria August 30, 2019.
"I have decided... that the date of the presidential election will be Thursday, December 12," said Abdelkader Bensalah, who is precluded from standing himself, in a televised address to the nation. Demonstrators are demanding key regime figures step down and an overhaul of political institutions before any polls, arguing an election under the current framework would only reinforce the status quo.
Opposition parties in the People's National Assembly boycotted the session in which the bills were passed.
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