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Libyan lawmakers push weapon collection plan
[Magharebia] Stemming the spread of weapons tops the interim government's agenda and remains a major concern for the Libyan public.

Efforts to collect arms from revolutionaries are already seeing positive results, Deputy Defence Minister Mohamed Taynaz said on Saturday (November 10th).
After all, why would hard boyz need guns...
"If you look at the arms collected thus far in Benghazi by the Special Forces, you find large quantities," he told Magharebia. "In addition, armed formations...have turned in their heavy weapons."
At gunpoint, as it were...
"The people will, God willing, be convinced that building Libya doesn't need weapons, but men's hands," Taynaz added.

While some gangs are still reluctant to join the government forces, public opinion "favours the accession of all brigades to the defence ministry", the deputy minister asserted.

At this point, the ministry "needs civil society organizations and the media to pressure those who refuse to turn in their weapons", Taynaz added. "We have to start a new stage, which is the building of Libya."
Yes, the media will pressure hard boys with guns to turn in their weapons. In return the hard boys with guns will shoot the media. Brilliant...
"We elected the General National Congress," Taynaz noted. "It is responsible for drawing up a strategic plan for collecting arms that the defence ministry will implement."

"We now need legislation that will be binding for all Libyan people," the deputy minister told Magharebia.
Posted by: Fred 2012-11-16
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