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| Tripoli Private Sector Begins Economic Activities in the New Libya |
| 2011-09-07 |
| [Tripoli Post] In its first gathering on Tuesday after the fall of the Al Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years... regime, the Libyan Business Society announced in a statement that Libyan businessmen are doing all they can to bring the capital back to its best times by means of hard work. The tripolipost.com correspondent at the meeting quoted the businessmen saying that the best times for Tripoli were before the coming to power of Muammar Al Qadaffy in September 1969. Since then, day by day, the Libyan capital has rapidly gone downhill only to reach its worst conditions after 42 years of Al Qadaffy government. The more than 200 people who attended the gathering at the offices of the Tripoli Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in downtown Tripoli, congratulated each other for the victory over Al Qadaffy's despicable dictatorship and for the liberation of the capital from his forces on August 20. In their speeches, leading businessmen and women, who stayed clean from the corrupt business practices of the Al Qadaffy era, they stressed the need for building a new business community based on hard work and transparency and abiding by the law. They also promised to work hard to build a new developed prosperous country where democracy and freedom can flourish. The participants stressed that now is the time to start building a clean, honest, transparent private sector that throws away the corruption and backwardness that characterised business dealings under Al Qadaffy's regime. They called for hard work and the respect of clean business practices by all, and strongly condemned the era of dictatorship and the Al Qadaffy regime which, during its four decades destroyed the private sector in Libya and corrupted many elements. Abulrahman Al-Shatter, journalist and the man who established the Libyan businessmen council many years ago, said in a speech that, "all those who played a role in corrupting the business community in Libya during the Al Qadaffy years should be thrown out of any business organizations." He called on these elements to save the Libyan people and themselves the time, effort and embarrassment by staying away from the new Libya. At the end of the reception, some businessmen clashed with those who had been in control of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture during the former regime. The majority of the attendees voiced their opposition against one of the businessman from the past and did not even allow him to speak. All agreed that Muammar Al Qadaffy destroyed the private sector in Libya, and when he claimed he wanted to introduce economic reforms he made sure that they never get implemented. Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... the streets of Tripoli are being cleaned from garbage; as of Monday, the water system is almost back to normal and electricity is once again becoming available to the city. Soon it will be reaching its pre-revolution levels. The Al Fatah Towers, the base of The Tripoli Post in the capital, that will presumably change its name, to Freedom perhaps, and that was so busy pre-revolution, is almost empty now. Very few people are using it right now. But soon, hopefully, it will again become a hub of activity. Rebels are guarding the towers, that serves as an office building and a shopping arcade. Office or shop owners needing to get back to their shops to resume activity, are requested by these guards to write down anything found missing from the premises or damaged caused. All the shops on the ground floor were looted or damaged during the conflict. That is why security is so tight. The management of the Towers are making sure that for the time being, only those who work there or their visitors are allowed to enter. |
| Posted by:Fred |