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Thousands of Algerian protesters continued to march in the streets to protest against the candidacy of incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for the fifth time in a row.
"The protests in Syria began with blood and ended with blood," the protesters chanted. "Ouyahia Shouf (see) civilization, Algeria does not go to Syria," he said about remarks made by Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia.
The protesters also chanted slogans such as "republic, not kingdom, this people does not want Bouteflika and Said (brother of the president)," according to the Algerian newspaper TSA.
Authorities prevented the protesters from reaching the perimeter of the government headquarters and the presidential palace, after placing concrete barriers and trucks with watering pipes to deal with protests, also firing bombs. gas.
While Al-Shorouq said the authorities had stopped the traffic of trains, trams and subways, fearing that more protesters from different states would join the capital, Al-Khobar said large crowds 39 men and men were on a motorcycle heading towards Algiers.
According to the Al-Nahar television channel, a number of political and artistic personalities took part in the protests, led by the editor of the editorial revolution, Jamal Buhaird, president of the Justice and Development Party, the chief from the Pioneers of Freedoms party, the newspaper reporter Sawria Bouamama and the actor known as Sweileh.
Candidate Rashid Nkaz jumped from the balcony of his office near the central post office of the capital to join the protesters at Ahaz 's center, but security forces arrested him as soon as he jumped from the balcony.
Rachid Nkaz, campaign leader, denounced what she described as "a police crackdown on protesters and aggression against a potential presidential candidate simply because he expressed support for the popular protests." rejection aimed at extending Bouteflika's power ".
Nkaz's campaign said that "his candidate was arrested during the protesters who rejected Bouteflika". Police fired tear gas at protesters wrapped around him to disperse them, before being forcibly taken to his office.
Bouteflika, in power since 1999, ended months of speculation and announced February 10 his decision to seek a fifth term. The resolution triggered a wave of demonstrations that Algeria had not seen for years, particularly with regard to its dissemination and slogans addressed directly to the president and his entourage.
Bouteflika has been re-elected continuously since 1999, but has rarely been seen in public since his 2013 stroke.
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