Algerian Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi on Sunday began talks to form a new government, coinciding with the continuing protests against the extension of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and the steps of the Authority to calm the anger of the street.
The official government news agency APS quoted an official source as saying that the new government would include "national competencies belonging to or without political affiliation, and will reflect the demographic characteristics of the Algerian society."
Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi is unlikely to ease anger on the streets by starting talks on the new government.
Algerians, who have been protesting for more than three weeks, have rejected initiatives by Bouteflika, who has given up his bid for a new term after 20 years in office.
But he did not step down and said he would remain in power until a new constitution was drafted, effectively extending his current mandate.
The protesters said they wanted a new generation of leaders and were likely to consider forming a new government as a ploy to circumvent their demands.
On Friday, hundreds of thousands of protesters staged the biggest protest since the demonstrations began, and some carried signs reading "No to Badawi."
In a parallel context, gas sector workers and oil company workers in Hassi Raml, southern Algeria, organized strikes and marches in support of popular movement, chanting slogans calling for fighting corruption and supporting demands for change.
The Algerian company "Sonatrach," the government of fuel yesterday denied the halt or fluctuation of production of oil and gas fields in the south of the country as a result of the protests.
A high-ranking official in Sonatrach, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a protest by contractors of Sonatrach was involved in a project in Hassi al-Raml on Friday morning.