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| HoR creates armed forces Commander-in Chief role |
| 2015-02-19 |
| [Libya Herald] The House of Representatives (HoR) voted on Monday to create the role of Commander-in-Chief/Supreme Commander of the armed forces, the HoR Media Office reported. The decision was carried by 53 out of 81 members present. The number of Representatives reported to have voted in favour of the new role was larger than expected, as Libya Herald had been led to believe that only about 40 Representatives were in favour of creating such a role. The new Commander-in-Chief will be chosen by direct voting within the HoR from a list of candidates who nominate themselves for the role at a later date, the report said. There is, nevertheless, strong opposition within the HoR for the creation of such a role, not least from the House Defence and National Security Committee. It will be recalled that Mosab Al-Abed, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Defence and National Security Committee, told Libya Herald last week that the House was not about to appoint Khalifa Hafter as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Al-Abed had at the time been speaking on the background of increasing reports that HoR President Agheela Salah was considering taking the unilateral decision of appointing Hafter Supreme Commander of the Libyan armed forces. The leadership of the HoR had been given the power to act as Supreme Commander of the Libyan Armed Forces, however, Al-Abed had pointed out that this power was granted to the leadership as a whole, meaning the President and his two Deputies, and not exclusively to Salah. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Whew, for a second there I thought it was the HOUSE OF [Amun-]RA? My bad. lol. D *** NG IT, I HEARD MY NAME CALLED + IT WASN'T THE WIFE!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-02-19 22:39 |