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Libyan lawmakers push weapon collection plan | |||
2012-11-16 | |||
[Magharebia] Stemming the spread of weapons tops the interim government's agenda and remains a major concern for the Libyan public. Efforts to collect arms from revolutionaries are already seeing positive results, Deputy Defence Minister Mohamed Taynaz said on Saturday (November 10th).
While some gangs are still reluctant to join the government forces, public opinion "favours the accession of all brigades to the defence ministry", the deputy minister asserted. At this point, the ministry "needs civil society organizations and the media to pressure those who refuse to turn in their weapons", Taynaz added. "We have to start a new stage, which is the building of Libya."
"We now need legislation that will be binding for all Libyan people," the deputy minister told Magharebia. | |||
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