Tens of thousands of Algerian protesters rallied for the tenth consecutive day, demanding the departure of the ruling elite in Algiers, at the end of a week of new resignations and prosecutions for alleged corruption against Abdel Aziz Bouteflika.

Calls on social networking sites continued to demonstrate until the regime's entire departure, and it was interesting to target Friday's 10th protest, Said Bouteflika, the brother of the former Algerian president. Bouteflika was particularly angry with the protesters, accusing him of being the "gang leader".

Al-Watan newspaper on the front page of the weekend "No half revolution", also called for the continuation of the protest until the departure of the "regime" in full.

As for Al-Khobar, the "Friday of emphasizing the choice of the people" in calling for the departure of the entire "regime", the same slogans as the first demonstrators in Central Post Square, has been the heart of the protests since its beginning on 22 February.

Demonstrators arrived early Friday to avoid the closure of roads leading to the capital, as did Samir, a 27-year-old merchant, who came from Bordj Bou Arreridj 200 kilometers away. "Last Friday, I could not reach the capital because of traffic congestion and the closure of the road by the national gendarmerie," he told AFP.

The drivers faced great difficulties to reach the capital from the three entrances, east of Reghaia, the last point of observation, the most important entrance, for residents of the suburbs or those coming from Tizi Ouzou, Bejaia and Bouira in particular, and west at the entrance of Bouchawi to the coming from Tipaza private, The checkpoint of the National Gendarmerie Baba Ali for those coming from Blida and Medea, according to witnesses interviewed by the agency «France Press» and pictures were posted on social networking sites.

Hamid, 44, said he came from Blida (50 km): "I spent more than two hours at the checkpoint at Baba Ali." This protest day comes at the end of a week of new resignations, lawsuits against symbols of the regime and the arrest of wealthy businessmen, which may encourage protesters to continue to demonstrate.

But the Authority has not yet responded to the basic demands, the departure of the symbols of the regime of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned on 2 April 2019 after 20 years of government, and the organization of the transfer of power outside the institutional framework stipulated by the Constitution. Abdelkader Ben Saleh, who has accompanied Bouteflika for two decades, remains a temporary president, while Noureddine Badawi, who is also close to Bouteflika, remains prime minister of a government that "does not represent the Algerians," as the protesters echoed. In accordance with the constitutional path, which is held by the army, which became the center of power after Bouteflika's departure, Ben Saleh decided to organize elections on July 4, which is rejected by the popular movement that "does not trust the integrity of this election."

Not far from the central post office, protesters set up a ballot box, similar to the boxes used in "official elections" with white papers as cards, where anyone can record what they want and place in the box. The operation did not last long until the police intervened to arrest her.

During the past week, three brothers from the Koninav family, a family with a public works and construction group, have benefited from large government projects in Algeria, a measure that can only satisfy the protesters.

The brothers of the Bouteflika family, especially Bouteflika's brother and adviser, are suspected of "not honoring contractual obligations signed with the state and of using influence with government officials for concessions."

The court also decided to temporarily detain the executive director of Civital, the largest private group in Algeria. He is pleased with the country's biggest wealth, which has been at odds for years with the Algerian authorities, casting doubts about the real aims of these prosecutions.

Some newspapers considered that calls by the country's powerful man, Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Kayed Saleh, to "accelerate the pace of investigations" into corruption cases "interfered with the work of the judiciary."

The Ministry of Defense was forced to publish a clarification about the "false readings" of some newspapers about "the alleged orders to open files related to corruption and the conduct of the transitional period."

Some analysts say the investigations are a kind of implicit understanding between protesters who get the trial of "heads of corruption" and the removal of former authority symbols, in exchange for easing demands to reject presidential elections that Kaid Saleh insists on holding on time.

This could be an attempt to divide the protesters, some of whom see Jassim Rabrab, the investor who defied power and the "economic mafia" who has all the privileges while he is deprived of them.

The wave of dismissals was followed by the director of state residence, where ministers, army commanders and some former and current "regime symbols" - villas overlooking the sea - are open to non-residents.

He also dismissed the CEO of Sonatrach, the oil company that has been plagued by corruption over the past 10 years. The prosecution also decided to reopen the file of the former oil minister, Chakib Khalil, who is close to Bouteflika after he benefited from the drop of charges against him.

Among the old files, parliament began lifting the immunity of members of the National Assembly Gamal Ould Abbas and Said Barakat, former ministers of solidarity and agriculture. Despite calls by Qaid Saleh not to interfere with the work of officials, protesters in the state of Said (Northwest) prevented the Minister of Tourism Abdul Qadir bin Masood from visiting the city.

Algerian opposition forces welcome army call

The «forces of change to support the choice of the people« welcomed the invitation of the Algerian army for dialogue on ways to get out of the crisis known by the country.

A statement by the coalition, which includes opposition parties and national figures, stressed yesterday that "the activities of the forces of change in support of the people's choice to open them to any initiative that can contribute to meet the demands of the people and adhere to the principle of dialogue in finding solutions that respond to this, We congratulate the call for dialogue expressed in the statement of the Army Foundation on Wednesday, 24 April 2019 ».

The statement also called for "the formation of a committee to organize a national meeting of the forces of change, which is open to all members of society, except those who were the cause or party to the current crisis, in order to find a solution that responds to peaceful popular demands."

On the issues of corruption opened by justice, Finally, the participants stressed the «need for independence of the judiciary in dealing with all files respect the rules of justice and integrity and equality, and demanding the continuation of the opening of all files of corruption, and the recall of precautionary measures expedient». Algeria - Agencies