Algeria's newly appointed president has set July 4 as the date for the country's postponed presidential election, according to state media.
The announcement on Wednesday came a day after Abdelkader Bensalah was appointed as interim president for 90 days, replacing long-time leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika who stepped down last week in the face of mass protests against him.
Bensalah, who will not be able to run in the election, signed a decree on the vote shortly after taking the post on Tuesday, Algeria's official news agency APS reported.
Bensalah also announced plans to urgently create a "sovereign" body, with the help of the political class and civil society, to help lay down the required conditions for an "honest" process.
Demonstrators have repeatedly demanded the departure of a coterie of individuals closely-linked to Bouteflika's administration, including the so-called "three Bs"; Bensalah, Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui and Head of the Constitutional Council Tayeb Belaiz.
Algeria's political turmoil began in late February when the 82-year-old Bouteflika announced his bid to seek a fifth term in office in an election planned for April 18.
On April 2, after weeks of mass nationwide protests and increasing pressure from the powerful armed forces, Bouteflika announced his resignation. In accordance with Algeria's constitution, Bensalah, the chairman of the upper house of parliament, took over as caretaker president.
Earlier on Wednesday, Algeria's army chief of staff said the military would watch over Algeria's preparations for presidential elections, but suggested the military does not want to intervene.
Speaking at a regional military headquarters in Oran, Lieutenant General Gaid Salah also said it was "unreasonable" to organise the transition period without "institutions", warning that such a scenario "could compromise all that has been achieved to this day since independence" from France in 1962.
"The judiciary has recovered its prerogative and can work freely," he said.