Algeria's presidential campaigns come to an ends The presidential campaigns for Algeria’s upcoming election ended Sunday with current President Abdelaziz Bouteflika accusing his main rival Ali Benflis of “terrorism”, while Benflis has not stopped denouncing the risks of fraud. Presidential aides wrapped up Bouteflika’s campaign for him in Cheraga, west of Algiers, boasting that he “led Algeria from darkness into light.” Images and soundbites.