
Algeria's parliamentary elections will very likely yield an assembly that supports the president's policies, signaling continuity in foreign and domestic affairs, alongside limited reforms aimed at mitigating domestic unrest. On July 2, Algeria will elect lawmakers to fill the 407 seats in the National People's Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, for a five-year term. The National People's Assembly — in combination with the Parliament's upper house, the National Council — is responsible for drafting and voting on laws, approving the state budget and providing nominal oversight over Algeria's executive branch. Both legislative chambers are currently dominated by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's pro-government bloc and have done little more than rubber-stamp his agenda. Tebboune has recently moved to further increase his power over Parliament by supporting March constitutional reforms that expanded the role of the upper house, to which the president appoints one-third of the members, in resolving parliamentary deadlocks.