Protests threaten Algerian ruling party

Protests still the major challenge before the Algerian ruling party due to the state of anger dominating the members of the party since the release of the party’s electoral lists that will participate during the coming parliamentary elections scheduled to be held during May. A number of protesters burned the headquarters of the ruling National Liberation Front in the province of Mela in the north-east of Algeria.
The party’s director general decided to cancel two popular rallies in the same province, as the governorate witnesses a state of frustration among citizens because of the presence of the party’s Director General Kamal Boulmeyez.
Annaba province witnesses a state of chaos during the current period due to the increasing protest witnessed in the province over the nomination of current parliamentarian Baha Al Din Taliba who came second in the electoral list of the ruling party after Algeria’s Minister of Transportation Boudjemaa Tali
Algeria's leaders of political parties and activists boycotted parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 4, began to launch campaigns calling Algerian citizens to boycott elections and not to go to the polls.
Boycotters of parliamentary elections, most notably the leader of the new generation party, Sufian Gilali, the head of the Democratic Union Party under establishment, Karim Tabou, member of the Barakat movement, and others, carried out several campaigns in a number of western provinces of  Oran and Mostaganem, to announce their rejection of the elections, which is supervised by the Algerian authority.
Their campaign is a clear challenge to the Algerian authority. Meanwhile, Algerian Minister of Communication Abdelhamid Qurein called on the media to close the door to all voices calling for a boycott of the upcoming legislative elections.
"The press should not be loudspeakers to the appeals of the boycott," the Algerian minister said during a press conference on Friday. "The press should not be characterized by a sense of responsibility and commitment to professionalism and ethics," he added.