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In new political bloc, Misrata lawmakers demand support for Bunyan Marsous operation
[Libya Herald] Misrata members of the House of Representatives and the State Council have joined forces to demand the Presidency Council, the Central Bank of Libya and the Audit Bureau provide proper funding for the Bunyan Marsous military operation so that it can finish the battle against the so-called Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... in Sirte. "The group of Misrata representatives follow with concern the continued demands by the Bunyan Marsus Operations Room for necessary financial support to run the military operations against ISIS in Sirte," a statement from them read. The group comprises Omar Abu Leefa, Hana al-Arafi, Fathi Bashagha, Suleiman al-Fagieh, Aisha Ghaliwan, Belgassem Gzeit, Mohammed Hneish, Jamal Karwad, Mohammed Raied, Abdulrahman Sewehli and Mohammed al-Taib. The group was formed as the united political block a couple of days ago, despite previous rivalries between some of them. Sewehli, for example, had tried to have Gzeit suspended from the State Council over a visit the latter made to Beida for talks with former GNC members who support Khalifa Hafter. Gzeit also condemned Sewehli’s move in September to declare the State Council as Libya’s sole legislature The eleven have not gone the full step of creating a Misrata political party ‐ Sewehli still has his Union for Homeland party. Nor is it clear if the bloc created will be able to last. But it is clear that all Misrata’s politicians feel a strong need at present to defend their city’s interests on the wider Libyan political stage. In their statement setting up the bloc, the eleven insisted that the Libyan Political Agreement provided the only means to ending the political crisis. They also rejected any move towards military control of the country. "The civil authority is the supreme authority of the country in accordance to the democratic and constitutional laws," they said. Posted by: Fred 2016-11-09 |
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