The Algerian prime minister has resigned after the election results after the election news

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has accepted the resignation of Abdelaziz Djerad and appointed him interim prime minister.

The Algerian president has accepted the resignation of the prime minister, paving the way for the formation of a new government after the results of the parliamentary elections.

According to statements made by the Algerian president on Thursday, Abdelmadjid Tebboun accepted the resignation of the government headed by Abdelaziz Djerad and appointed him interim prime minister until the new cabinet is formed.

Djerad’s resignation took place on June 12 after the parliamentary elections, with low turnout and no winning majority after two years of mass protests and political unrest.

The vote was boycotted by the elders Hirak protest movement, and with a scant 23 percent, it has been the lowest turnout ever in the Algerian elections.

The National Liberation Front (FLN), Algeria’s largest political party, was victorious in the general election and won 98 seats in the 407-seat parliament.

The result was better than expected for the FLN, which emerged from Algeria’s long struggle for independence from France in 1962 and was the only party in the country until the first multi-party elections in 1990.

But Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s longtime presidential party was declared moribund after the sick president resignation under pressure from the army, following the massive protests in Hirak earlier this week in early 2019.

A new political landscape

According to the Algerian constitution, the president begins consultations with the leaders of the winning parties to appoint a new prime minister after accepting the government’s resignation.

The military-dominated establishment believes that replacing parliament and the constitution is the best way to end the 10-year-old crisis, a source told Reuters news agency. Hira’s protest movement calls for the uprooting of the entire system.

The Independents won 84 seats and the Islamist Movement for a Peace Society 65, and the National Democratic Rally for the Institution won 58 seats.

The Party of the Future won 48 seats, and the National Construction Movement won 39 seats, followed by the Justice and Development Front party which won two seats.

With these results, a coalition with at least three parliamentary blocs is needed to form a majority in parliament to get 204 seats.

The new parliament will be inaugurated in July, before the appointment of the prime minister and the formation of a government that will reflect the new political landscape.

Algeria remains a major supplier of gas to southern European countries and is a partner in the United States in the fight against armed groups in the region.

A new government will have to face a deep economic and financial crisis due to the fall in oil prices.