6/7/2023 0 Comments Libya al ahrar tv livestation![]() ![]() Out of 200 lawmakers, 169 attended the vote.ĭeputy head of parliament Juma Attiga, who oversaw the vote, told the TV station Libya Ahrar that militias had pressured parliament to vote in favor of the law, but that he had planned to vote yes in any case. The General National Congress, Libya’s elected parliament, voted overwhelmingly in favor of the law. Many militiamen say they mostly want jobs and steady pay. Many of the armed groups have been accused of rights abuses, but the government continues to rely on them to keep order in the absence of a strong police or military. Most of the militias have roots in the rebel groups that fought Gaddafi, but their numbers have mushroomed in the two years since his fall. ![]() Their vehicles mounted with rocket-propelled grenades kept watch on the street during the vote. Militias had surrounded several government buildings in Tripoli last week barring officials from work. Backers of the law say it is necessary to complete the revolution.īut critics say that the law was passed at gunpoint. The law was partially driven by the unpopularity of Libya’s current crop of politicians among many of the still-powerful former rebels who toppled Gaddafi, and others who say little has improved since. Liberals say it will give a boost to Islamists, who performed poorly in recent elections compared to their counterparts in other Arab states, although Islamists said they could also be affected by the ban. It injects a new dose of uncertainty into Libyan politics during a still-fragile transition. The move is likely to further stall the country’s already rocky transition to democracy by ousting elected lawmakers. The Political Isolation Law could lead to the dismissal of many current leaders, some of whom had defected to the rebel side during the country’s 2011 civil war or had been elected to office since Gaddafi’s ouster and killing. Under pressure from armed militias, Libya’s parliament passed a sweeping law Sunday that bans anyone who served as a senior official under Muammar Gaddafi during his 42 year-long rule from working in government.
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