GNC members are having to find an alternative location for meetings
due to the ongoing occupation of the main chamber by a group of
revolutionaries.
The group forced their way into the building whilst debating the 2013 budget on Sunday morning, being the second storming of Congress in a week. On Tuesday, President of the GNC Mohammed Magarief announced at a press conference that the group of war-wounded revolutionaries remained in the main debating chamber and were showing no signs of moving.
Both Magarief and Prime Minister Ali Zeidan this evening condemned what had happened on Sunday.
“We talked to them. We listened to them, to their requests and requirements. We listened despite their behaviour,” Magarief said.
Members of the GNC have reported the group to be aggressive towards them and were in possession of arms. One member was apparently threatened although Magarief remained vague on the details.
“We cannot allow blood to be shed in the Congress,” he added, frustrated at the delays caused by the occupation.
PM Zeidan expressed the serious nature of the events and the urgency to pass the budget. He added the GNC were doing all it can to help send war veterans abroad for treatment, however, they could not force foreign governments to grant the visas, considering the negative reputation they have from prior incidents.
libya news.
The group forced their way into the building whilst debating the 2013 budget on Sunday morning, being the second storming of Congress in a week. On Tuesday, President of the GNC Mohammed Magarief announced at a press conference that the group of war-wounded revolutionaries remained in the main debating chamber and were showing no signs of moving.
Both Magarief and Prime Minister Ali Zeidan this evening condemned what had happened on Sunday.
“We talked to them. We listened to them, to their requests and requirements. We listened despite their behaviour,” Magarief said.
Members of the GNC have reported the group to be aggressive towards them and were in possession of arms. One member was apparently threatened although Magarief remained vague on the details.
“We cannot allow blood to be shed in the Congress,” he added, frustrated at the delays caused by the occupation.
PM Zeidan expressed the serious nature of the events and the urgency to pass the budget. He added the GNC were doing all it can to help send war veterans abroad for treatment, however, they could not force foreign governments to grant the visas, considering the negative reputation they have from prior incidents.
libya news.
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