Rabat, April 13 -- Algerians are back to the streets to protest against the Bensalah-led interim government , saying they want an immediate and total break with the Bouteflika regime.

On Tuesday, Parliament appointed Abdelkader Bensalah, the 77-year-old former president of the Council of the Nation, to rule the country during the three-month-long transition until the next election on July 4.

While Bensalah is barred from running in the "transparent" elections he has promised, Algerians see his rule as an extension of the Bouteflika years.

Thousands came out on Friday to mark the eighth week of protest against against the country's political establishment.

While protesters sang "peace, peace," to suggest they were simply here to expres...