After celebrating the qualification of the Fennecs for the semifinals of the African Cup of Nations (CAN), protests against the regime have resumed their rights in the streets of Algiers. Algerians marched Friday, July 12 for the 21st week in a row. This Friday mobilization is the first since the expiry on July 9, the time of acting at the head of the state, entrusted by the Constitution for up to 90 days to the Speaker of the Upper House, Abdelkader Bensalah.
He said he would remain acting head of state, outside the constitutional framework, until the election of a new president at an indeterminate date, the presidential convened on July 4 to elect a successor Abdelaziz Bouteflika was canceled due to lack of candidates.
On Wednesday, the army chief of staff, General Ahmed Gaïd Salah, a real strongman of the country since the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika on April 2, reaffirmed the support of the military high command to Abdelkader Bensalah and wished the holding a presidential election "as soon as possible" with the help of a "national dialogue".
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Part of the night, in Algiers, Oran (north-west) and Constantine (north-east) in particular, many Algerians celebrated the qualification of Algeria in the semifinals of CAN-2019. Thursday night, an immense shout of joy sounded in Algiers, at the end of the penalty shoot-out against Ivory Coast, which quickly succeeded horns and youyous in various districts of the city.
But Friday morning, several hundred people were already gathered as every week near the Great Post, emblematic building in the heart of Algiers, crisscrossed by an impressive police.
With AFP