[Libya Herald] The Libyan Revolutionaries' Operation Room (LROR) and a number of other revolutionary groups from around the country have submitted statements pledging their support to the General National Congress (GNC). The statements are a response to popular movements that have gained momentum in several Libyan cities demanding the removal of Congress by 7 February. There are widespread concerns that some gunnies may use force to achieve that end.
The front man for the GNC, Omar Hemidan, told the Libya Herald that its President, Nuri Abu Sahmain, had recently received letters from local and military councils across Libya confirming their support for Congress.
NFA rejects Congress roadmap
The National Forces Alliances (NFA) has rejected the roadmap for the new constitution and legislature adopted by the General National Congress (GNC) on Monday.
The roadmap could see the present Congress remaining in office until as late a September 2015. Alternatively it could be dissolved and fresh elections called as early as June this year.
The NFA said it disassociated itself with the Congress decision saying that just because a majority of Congress members had voted in favour did not mean that this represented the will of the Libyan people. The only way to do that was by a referendum, the NFA said.
"The process of the extending Congress' life has been an undemocratic step," the chairman of the NFA's steering committee, Abdulmajeed Milaiqtah, said at a presser yesterday. It was also an " extension of the Libyans' suffering" he added.
Only the Libyan people as a whole could decide on extending Congress' life, he insisted. They were "the owners of the legitimacy [of the process]", not Congress.