Marches in the Algerian capital and a number of states were renewed on Friday 108 for the popular movement marches, confirming their demand for the establishment of a civil state and their rejection of the legislative elections scheduled for next June.
Thousands of people from different regions of the capital went to its center, and demonstrated after the Friday prayers, chanting slogans calling for "real and comprehensive change and the establishment of a state of right and law."
Activists called the demonstrations today "Friday the 108th of the Harak" and raised banners with phrases such as "Let us pay tribute to what you have destroyed," and "the electoral agenda does not solve the political crisis."
Video clips spread on social media platforms showed protest rallies in which thousands participated in several Algerian states, including Bejaia, Tizi Ouzou, Boumerdes and Bouira in the Kabylie region (center), in addition to Constantine, Skikda, Jijel, Annaba (east), and Oran (west).
On Thursday, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune signed a decree to hold early parliamentary elections on June 12th.
On February 22, thousands of Algerians took to the streets to mark the second anniversary of the popular movement, days after the measures Tebboune announced to calm the street.
Among these measures are the dissolution of the National People's Assembly (the first chamber of parliament), the call for early legislative elections, the amnesty for dozens of detainees during the movement, and a partial government change.
The movement pushed former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign on April 2, 2019, while Tebboune assumed the presidency after winning presidential elections in December of the same year.