Libya to adopt electoral law
Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council will meet today to adopt the nation’s new electoral law which aims to bar supporters of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi from contesting polls. NTC member Fathi Baja told AFP that the meeting to adopt the law,...
Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council will meet today to adopt the nation’s new electoral law which aims to bar supporters of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi from contesting polls.
NTC member Fathi Baja told AFP that the meeting to adopt the law, which had been scheduled for yesterday in the eastern city of Benghazi, will now be held in the capital Tripoli today.
“The NTC will not meet today. All NTC members are arriving in Tripoli to hold the meeting tomorrow,” Baja said yesterday.
The NTC, which spearheaded the bloody rebellion against Gaddafi and now rules the new Libya, has come under severe criticism over its functioning and choice of members.
Last week it met in Benghazi, birthplace of the anti-Gaddafi revolution, to adopt the electoral law, but had to postpone the decision amid angry protests which forced the council’s number two, Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, to resign.
Benghazi residents opposed Ghoga over his belated defection from the former regime.
Protesters stormed the NTC office in Benghazi and threw several home-made grenades at it on January 21, demanding that the entire council resign except a few members such as Mustafa Abdel Jalil, who heads the ruling body. The electoral law, meanwhile, is expected to see amendments after several groups stated their opposition to the initial draft.