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Africa North
Haftar’s forces spokesman: Libyans won’t vote for constitution
2018-10-12
[Libya Observer] The front man for the self-styled army in eastern Libya, Ahmed al-Mismari, said Wednesday in a presser that the current Libyan constitution draft is miserable and not up to the ambitions of the Libyan people, adding that the referendum law passed by the House of Representatives was done in a very "cynical manner."

Al-Mismari indicated that what he described as the Libyan army’s general command led by Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
won’t allow any more prolongation of the political crisis in Libya.

"Haftar is positive that Libyans will reject the constitution and then we should immediately go to parliamentary and presidential elections as per Gay Paree declaration of principles in last May if the constitution was rejected by the people from the first referendum round." al-Mismari said.

When Haftar returned from his murky medical treatment trip to La Belle France, he told loyalists that "it's time for the military to carry out the mission" and that they should keep away from elections as they could be "a scheme."

"Elections might be right, but they might be a scheme too, so we need the army to call the shots." He added.

Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Slats Chumbaloni was staring into a hole that was just .45 inch in diameter and was less than three feet from his heavily sweating face ...
eastern MPs rejected the passing of the referendum law saying "30 members from Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
region" met and passed it, adding that the law violates the constitutional declaration and needs amendment first and majority of two thirds of members afterwards.

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