ALGERIA: ELECTIONS:
Voters show disinterest for upcoming elections

5/11/2012 3:17:53 AM
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ALGIERS - Algeria’s May 10th elections face a possible low turnout as citizens’ hopes for change continue to dwindle. - While polling day is inching closer, many of Algeria’s 21.6 million eligible voters are expressing discontent and scepticism that elections will bring any lasting change. This common feeling of apathy towards the ballot has prompted politicians to call off ill-attended meetings, while opposition rallies or assemblies draw only a handful of activists. Many politicians have taken to holding their meetings in villages or small towns where they have a higher chance of drawing a crowd, since most people in the capital have grown indifferent to politics. The country is oil rich, it’s the world’s sixth largest natural gas producer, behind Russia, the United States, Canada, Iran, and Norway but it would seem the money goes only to the elite few. (END/RADIO BULLETIN EDITOR/2012)

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