Massive protest marches renewed on Friday in various cities of Algeria, where protesters demanded the removal of the remaining symbols of the regime of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from the administration of the transitional period, and some chanted slogans calling for civil disobedience.

For the 25th consecutive week, demonstrators gathered in the courtyards of Maurice Odin and the central post in the capital, amid heavy security and under a blazing sun. There were also marches in the cities of Tiaret, Bejaia, Tizi Ouzou, Constantine, Oran and others.

As last week, some protesters waved "civil disobedience" and chanted slogans against the dialogue called for by the authorities, in an escalation following a new speech by Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Qaid Saleh in which he stressed that the demands of the protesters had been met.

Protesters also chanted slogans against Karim Younes, the coordinator of the dialogue commissioned by the Algerian authorities to hold consultations to determine the terms of the upcoming presidential elections, after canceling those scheduled for July 4th.

"No dialogue with gangs", "The people want independence from repressive and economic colonialism" and "Release prisoners," the slogans were.

Activists launched the marking "# Hirak_09_out", where they circulated images of the protests and discussed the developments in the political arena in the country and expressed their views. Algerians also diverged on social media about the call for civil disobedience.