The Algerians went out, on Friday, in mass rallies, the day before the anniversary of their one-year movement, to keep the unprecedented protest alive, after forcing Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign after 20 years of rule, but without success in changing the ruling "regime" since independence.
Demonstrators gathered in a greater number of past societies, although it is difficult to estimate their number, since the beginning of the noon near the central post building, which for a year became a symbolic gathering point, according to a journalist with Agence France-Presse.
A large protest procession joined the popular Bab Al-Wadi neighborhood. The demonstrators, including families, called in the presence of a prominent riot police, "We did not come to celebrate, we came to displace you" and "The people want to topple the regime" and "The gang must go."
Several organizations and parties called for "popular mobilization to thwart the agenda of renewing order and laying the foundations for the new republic."
"What is the meaning of the second republic? It is a democratic and social republic that guarantees all freedoms," said Samir El-Araby.
And social media reported that, since Thursday evening, security barriers have been installed at the entrances to the city to complicate the arrival of demonstrators from other regions to celebrate the anniversary.
Large demonstrations were organized in major cities outside the capital, according to what was published on social media.
In an interview Friday with a number of local media, President Abdel Majid Taboun paid tribute to the movement that halted the "collapse of the Algerian state".