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| Protesters Storm Libya Assembly |
| 2012-10-31 |
| [An Nahar] A dozen demonstrators stormed Libya's national assembly late on Tuesday prompting postponement of a key vote on the cabinet line-up proposed by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. Images aired on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? showed angry scenes in the chamber as assembly members prepared to vote one by one on the proposed line-up. Moments later, a dozen men entered the assembly but security services kept them on the sidelines. "What happened constitutes psychological pressure on the members of the congress," said assembly president Mohammed Megaryef. "Let it be known to all Libyans and to the whole world in what conditions we are working in... The session is adjourned," he said, suggesting that the assembly convene again on Wednesday. Earlier, Libya's new premier presented a 30-member cabinet that includes liberals and Islamists, in a fresh test of the country's fledgling democracy after the armed uprising that ousted Muammar Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years until he was ejected from the gene pool by his indignant citizens... last year. Zeidan was elected on October 14 after his predecessor, Mustafa Abu Shagur, was dismissed in a vote of no confidence when the assembly rejected his cabinet line-up as unrepresentative of Libya's numerous factions. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Islamists Democracy I think I see the problem here. Just shoot all and any Islamists and then there may be a stronger chance of Democracy perhaps. There will always be corruption in systems, but the worst is to have a corrupt god. |
| Posted by: Solomon Protector of the Texans5923 2012-10-31 14:44 |
| #1 I'm surprised the Press didn't help them by giving them passes, like they've done with Congress. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-10-31 00:17 |