Algeria has reinstated a two-term limit on its presidency, seven years after the limit was lifted to allow President Abdelaziz Bouteflika run for a third term.
The limit is part of a package of constitutional reforms that authorities say will strengthen democracy in the North African nation.
Opposition leaders have however dismissed the changes as superficial.
Among other reforms are the promise of an independent electoral commission and recognition of the roles of women and youth.
The president will also be required to nominate a prime minister from the largest party in parliament.
The changes are among the reforms promised by President Bouteflika following the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011.
Presidential term-limits were scrapped in 2008, allowing Bouteflika to bid for a third term in 2009. The 78-year-old was re-elected again in 2014, but has rarely been seen in Public since suffering a stroke the previous year.
