The electoral drive for the municipal balloting will formally commence on November 5, announced Thursday the deputy head of the National Independent Election Authority (ANIE), Mohamed Lahcen Zeghidi, on the sidelines of the draw for distributing the candidates’ intervention timeslots across public audiovisual channels.
Within the same framework, Mr. Zeghidi noted that the recording of contesting nominees standing for political parties and non-partisan slates in the studios of Algerian Television and National Radio will start “72 hours before the kickoff of the campaigning period,” specifying that the broadcasts will air starting Friday, November 5, 2026. On this event, he reaffirmed “the complete readiness of the ANIE” to guarantee the smooth conduct of this polling date.
On the sidelines of the draw organizing the division of candidates’ media appearance windows in public broadcasting outlets, representatives of political organizations and competing independent tickets signed the ethical code governing electoral practices.