Algerians vote in parliamentary election

Polls opened in Algeria on Saturday for a parliamentary election that the ruling establishment hopes will turn a page on two years of political unrest, but which many voters are expected to ignore.

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called for a high turnout, but there has been little public enthusiasm for voting in recent elections, with many Algerians convinced real power is wielded by the army and security forces.

At a polling station in a primary school near Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad’s office in central Algiers, three policemen stood guard. A few minutes before voting began, five…