• Miltiamen shut down Libyan foreign ministry, demand political isolation law
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlZiuWaYWSA[/media] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22331562[/url] [quote]Men in pick-up trucks bristling with anti-aircraft guns have blocked off Libya's foreign ministry, demanding a jobs ban on Gaddafi-era officials. Dozens of armed men stopped workers entering the building and moved traffic away from the area, witnesses said. Libyan officials have been unable to agree the terms of a law barring figures from the late Col Gaddafi's government from entering politics. Armed groups have responded by storming the Congress on several occasions.[/quote] This legislation, known in Libya as the political isolation law, is a real ballache. There is a ton of debate over where to draw the line on banning ex-Gaddafi officials from government - Is someone who defected in the 1970s allowed in? Is someone who defected at the start of the revolution allowed in? From what date are you not allowed in? Or should there be rules based on what they actually did instead? Of course one problem is that every member of Congress wants to make sure the law isn't going to remove [I]them[/I] from office. [I]Some[/I] militias (possibly including these guys) are campaigning for an extremely strict isolation law, one which would even exclude officials who defected back in the 1970s. They [I]say[/I] they want the government to be as clean as possible, but in reality they likely just want the law to remove Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, whose government has started to pose a serious threat to the power of the militias. (Zeidan was an ambassador under Gaddafi in the 1970s, but he defected in 1980 and joined the dissident group [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Front_for_the_Salvation_of_Libya]NFSL[/url]) Currently, some ex-Gaddafi officials are kept out of government by an oversight body called the Integrity Commission. However, the IC has a limited mandate and is set to expire at the end of this year. The isolation law is intended to be a more robust replacement. Latest word is that Congress [url=http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/04/29/political-isolation-law-to-be-debated-sunday-sewehli/]will vote on the law[/url] on Sunday, which should hopefully bring an end to this thing. Looks like the law is going down the route of 'ban them based on what they did' rather than a date thing.
How about; "If people vote for you, you're allowed in"?
[quote]Armed groups have responded by storming the Congress on several occasions[/quote] You'd think they would put some sort of guard on the building after the first time. It's a shame these guys are still around, getting rid of militias can't be easy for a new country.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;40470573]You'd think they would put some sort of guard on the building after the first time. It's a shame these guys are still around, getting rid of militias can't be easy for a new country.[/QUOTE] They should have it so it's like how in the godfather with the car in front of the compound. Except they guard the door with a tank.
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