On Thursday 4 May, Algerians will be voting for the renewal of their parliament (ANP, the National People's Assembly), and the EU has sent an "expert mission" to assess the preparations and results, and to evaluate the fairness of the process.
The mission's objective is "to study the electoral framework" (and not to carry out an election observation), "both on the legal and administrative level", and to study"the operation of the new 'Independent High Authority on Election Monitoring'...