 And now to all the parts of Africa, Algeria's president and the generals back in him hoped Saturday's parliamentary election would mark an end to two years of upheaval. But in the capital's steep winding streets, a few people seem enthused. While thousands of candidates rallied supporters at official campaign events for an election that moderate Islamist parties hoped to win, the law turned out in recent national vote has underscored public skepticism for the process. The vote comes weeks after the security forces stamped out the last demonstrations by a mass protest movement that erupted in 2019, forcing veteran President Abdulaziz Bouteflika from office and prompting official promises of change.