First Algerian presidential hopeful submits candidacy

First Algerian presidential hopeful submits candidacy

The leader of Algeria's main Islamist party on Thursday kicked off the official candidate submissions for the upcoming presidential election in which the incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, is the frontrunner.

Abdelaali Hassani, head of the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) party,
was first to submit his candidacy on Thursday morning, hours before Tebboune was expected to do the same.

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