Algeria prepares for the election of the National Popular Assembly, voting coming about a month after the attack – claimed by "Al Qaeda for the Islamic Maghreb" – which killed 33 people in the capital. While intelligence services warn that the likelihood of a new attack is far from remote, political parties are wearily preparing themselves for the elections. Algerians remember those of 1991, won by the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), and for this reason too, no surprises are expected. High levels of abstention are likely, which can be interpreted as a protest against the National Front of Liberation’s (FNL) hegemony, and a monopoly that is set to be confirmed in an ever more dull and monotonous democracy.