Algerian oppositionists are preparing to go back to the streets on Friday to continue protesting against "symbols of the regime" in order to remove them from the Algerian political scene after they succeeded in pressuring President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign.
Today, the Algerians are expected to come out in large numbers to press Bouteflika's entourage and those around him to urge them to withdraw and leave their seats.
Bouteflika ended his term of office on Tuesday after pressure from the army and the Algerian street following protests that began six weeks ago.
The streets of Algiers were quiet on Monday, but observers believe the next test is on the horizon, today, the weekly day of mass protests since February 22.
In Friday's protests, the Algerians will stress the rejection of a new president of the regime, the nickname of the long-established governing establishment of veterans and business tycoons and members of the ruling Liberation Front party.
"What matters to us is that the peaceful protests will continue," Mustafa Bouchashi, a lawyer and protest leader, told Reuters.
Ali Benflis, a former leader of the ruling National Liberation Front (FLN) party, said other prominent figures should also resign, including the president of the National Assembly, Abdelkader Ben Saleh, who will take over Bouteflika for 90 days and Noureddine Badawi, And the President of the Constitutional Council Tayeb Belaiz.
During their demonstrations, the youth of Algeria also demand that they improve their economic situation and create job opportunities in a country where one in four of the 30 unemployed are unemployed.
The speech of the imams of Algeria strongly entered the voice of the popular movement at a stage called "the rise of awareness to confront the power of appearances and rumors", where the policy is no longer prohibited on the mosque platforms, after it became a public affair, and the cause of the people, where they see that Algerians have the constitutional right Religious legitimacy under the preservation of property, to go out to the street. The theme of the Friday sermon today, as confirmed by the imams of the media, will be patriotism, sacrifice from both sides, addressing partisan speeches, narrow differences and calls for discrimination.