Thousands of Hirak movement returned to the Algeria capital streets on Friday when the government and political structure needed dramatic reforms – singing slogans like “let the system collapse.” “Let the system fall.”
The Hirak movement backers, who in 2019 driven out former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after 20 years in office, crossed Algiers.
The town’s protester Mohamed Saadouni is in his place firmly.
“We will continue the Hirak (movement) because none of our demands have been met and we still demand a civil state (with less of the military in power) and political openness in addition to freedom of the press for all.”
The early parliamentary elections were declared in June recently in President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, held next year. However, the marches did not subsidize.
Last month, Tebboune declared the dissolution of parliament, opening the way for new groups of foreign candidates.
The cabinet has since been reshuffled, and about thirty dissidents arrested, while hundreds more remain in detention.
Ali Lekhdari, a reporter and supporter of the Hirak movement, clarified the requirements to satisfy the Hirak’s demands.
“The streets want a real reform, not just presidential and parliamentary elections in June. They want a total change, not just votes. Elections are one of the changes that people desire in a world revolution.”
Algeria’s government has concluded a new ballot against graft and offers people more options to satisfy the demonstrators.
The Hirak activists call for a complete reorganization of the opaque structure that governs Algeria, with the shadow military in command after the independence war against colonial France was won by the nation in 1962.
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