Thousands of Algerians returned to the streets in Algiers and other cities to demand radical political reforms and the departure of the ruling elite.
Protesters now seek more freedoms and the removal of the remaining symbols of the old guard, after forcing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to end a 20-year-rule on April 2.
Chanting “A new democratic republic and a state of law”, protesters held banners reading: “They all go”, “Our demands are legitimate” and “It is time to listen to the voice of the street”.
The Algerian army, the main player in the North African country’s politics after the resignation of Bouteflika, seeks to hold a presidential election as the only way out of the crisis.
Authorities postponed a presidential vote planned for July 4, citing a lack of candidates. No new date has been set.
The military tried to appease protests by helping the judiciary meet demands for prosecution of people suspected of corruption.
Several former senior officials, including ex-prime ministers Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal are in custody over charges including “dissipation of public funds”.
Protests continue to demand removal of officials demonstrators see as part of the elite that governed the nation of 44 million people since independence from France in 1962.
Anti-government protests want the resignation of interim president Abdelkader Bensalah, a former head of the upper house of parliament and Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui.
“There is no solution but to bring new people to rule our wealthy country,” said 37-year-old school teacher Ahmed Chami, marching in Algiers. “Our pressure will continue”.
