• Libya passes political isolation law, banning high-level Gaddafi officials from political office for
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[t]http://imgkk.com/i/c2eh.jpg[/t] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22423238[/url] [quote]Libya's parliament has passed a law banning officials from the Gaddafi era from holding political office. The vote in the General National Congress (GNC) came a week after militias backing the law began besieging the ministries of justice and foreign affairs. They had said they would not leave until the bill was passed.[/quote] [url]http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/05/05/political-isolation-law-passed-overwhelmingly/[/url] [quote]Article one stipulated that any person who held a position as prime minister, minister, the revolutionary guards, ambassadors, deans of universities, heads of university departments, heads of local councils, members of the Green Book promoting agencies, heads of security agencies, army, police, heads of students unions, heads of special courts, heads of Qaddafi’s media organs and anyone who was opposed the February 17th Revolution – is to be barred from any future high positions. Article 18, and one of the most controversial and most fought over articles, sets the time limit for barring a person from high office if disbarred by the authority at 10 years.[/quote] Thank god this fucking shit's over with. They've been going on about this law for months. There is a general consensus in favour of a law like this, but much disagreement over the exact terms of who should be banned, and for how long. Some wanted a blanket ban on anyone who had anything to do with the government from 1969-2011. Others wanted a more selective ban on only high-level officials, or wanted a smaller time period than 1969-2011. A week ago militias [url=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1267013]shut down several government ministries[/url] demanding that a strict isolation law be passed immediately. Some of them wanted a strict law that would remove Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who served as a low-level diplomat in the 1970s, and whose government has begun to crack down on the militias. [url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/05/20135319178873795.html]There were clashes[/url] on Friday as protesters came out urging the militias to fuck off - but still backing the law itself. Ultimately the law could have been stricter, but will still have major political consequences. It bans those who served in high-level leadership positions under Gaddafi from serving in leadership positions under the new government in the next 10 years. As such it will not remove the Prime Minister, but [i]will[/i] remove President of Congress [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Magariaf]Mohamed al-Magarief[/url] (who was an ambassador in the 1970s), and possibly Army Chief of Staff [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yousef_Mangoush]Yousef Mangoush[/url] too but I'm not sure. Influential politician and revolutionary leader [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Jibril]Mahmoud Jibril[/url] will also likely be barred - he does not currently hold political office but was seen as likely to run at the next election. Prior to this law, there was an "Integrity Commission" which could remove people from office only if they had stayed in the Gaddafi government after 19 March 2011. This law replaces the IC with a new authority which has to screen all high-level government officials, and can remove them from office if they held any of the positions mentioned above under Gaddafi.
Wow, an Arab Spring country actually doing something right for once.
This should of happen in Romania after 1989, look how shitty the country got afterwards
[QUOTE=wanksta11;40543749]This should of happen in Romania after 1989, look how shitty the country got afterwards[/QUOTE] Im glad I came to america, never going back. Also im happy for libya, theyve been doing a great job starting ovwr
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;40542085]Wow, an Arab Spring country actually doing something right for once.[/QUOTE] I sort-of kinda disagree with this law. In a true democracy, anyone with support of the people should be able to rise to power. So if Gaddafi's right-hand-man wanted to run for president first election, he shouldn't be stopped by a law; but by no one voting for him. [editline]6th May 2013[/editline] At least it's much, much better than the 'for life' ban they proposed, where people who supported Gaddafi in the 70's but defected were still unable to run.
[QUOTE=Riller;40544077]I sort-of kinda disagree with this law. In a true democracy, anyone with support of the people should be able to rise to power. So if Gaddafi's right-hand-man wanted to run for president first election, he shouldn't be stopped by a law; but by no one voting for him. [editline]6th May 2013[/editline] At least it's much, much better than the 'for life' ban they proposed, where people who supported Gaddafi in the 70's but defected were still unable to run.[/QUOTE] I sort of kinda oppose this law too but it's not primarily aimed at elected officials (which right now only includes Congress members), it's aimed at thousands of unelected officials like ministers and ambassadors and security/police/army leaders. That's why militias have been shutting down government ministries demanding this - they say there are still ex Gaddafi officials working in there. I'm just glad PM Ali Zeidan won't be affected, his government is getting shit done. Some militias are now saying they're going to continue pressuring the government until they sack the Prime Minister. Which should be interesting; the general public acquiesced to the militia's shit when it was about the popular demands for an isolation law, but I think there will be a serious backlash against them if they try to just straight up get Zeidan sacked. Everyone will know exactly what they're up to and AFAIK Zeidan remains quite popular amongst Libyans - certainly 1000x more popular than the militias anyway
[QUOTE=wanksta11;40543749]This should of happen in Romania after 1989, look how shitty the country got afterwards[/QUOTE] In my opinion this sort of thing should happen after any even remotely oppressive government collapses. Its not much different to the denazification of Germany post-WW2. Which is probably what the idea was based on originally, its similar to what the US did in Iraq.
Next step is to dismantle the militias - I hope this happens, because things have been getting better so far and I'd hate to see it go down the shitter
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