Demonstrations began in Algiers and other cities for the seventh month in a row to demand the departure of all symbols of the regime of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.The protesters raised slogans focused on rejecting any dialogue or elections under the symbols of the former regime, and the need to restore power to the people.
The demonstrators also raised slogans against members of the mediation and national dialogue, which launched consultations with various actors of the political class and civil society.
Friday was the 27th consecutive day of demonstrations in Algeria, at a time when the movement is not showing signs of weakness despite high temperatures and school holidays.
The demonstrations took place without incident in major cities, according to local journalists, news sites and social media, and in the capital the march quietly dispersed in the afternoon.
Six months after the protests began, the solution to the crisis in Algeria remains deadlocked, and the main achievement of the protest movement was the resignation of President Bouteflika on April 2 after 20 years in power.
Like previous weeks, the demonstrators targeted the army chief of staff, Lieutenant General Ahmed Kayed Saleh, the strongman in the country since Bouteflika resigned.
The demonstrators also targeted Karim Younes, the former speaker of parliament, who was appointed by the authorities as general coordinator of the mediation and national dialogue commission charged with holding consultations to determine the conditions for the upcoming presidential elections, which protesters refuse to be organized by the current ruling authorities.
"Karim Younes does not represent us and a leader who does not manage us," they chanted, demanding, as they do every week, a "free and democratic Algeria" and a "peaceful civilian state."
The demonstrators refuse to present the dialogue presented by the interim President Abdelkader Bensalah in early July.