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On Friday, the Libyan Government of National Accord issued a decision to temporarily suspend Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha from work and refer him to an administrative investigation.
According to the decision, the minister will be investigated in the context of his statements, statements, approvals of the demonstration and the ministry’s dealings with protesters.
Decision of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Agreement No. (562) of 2020 on suspending a minister of labor and assigning tasks pic.twitter.com/WqEAbxp8a5
– GNA Media (@GovernmentLY) August 28, 2020
The statement indicated that the undersecretary of the interior minister, Khaled Ahmed Al-Tijani Mazen, was assigned to facilitate the tasks of the ministry and exercise all the powers entrusted to the minister.
Protesters in various areas under the control of the Al-Wefaq government have been subjected to repression by the police and the militia affiliated with Al-Wefaq, as shootings have taken place against peaceful protesters.
On Sunday, Libyan protesters took to the streets of several cities in western Libya, in Tripoli, Misurata and Al-Zawiya to protest against deteriorating economic conditions and the spread of corruption in the state apparatus.
In the center of the capital Tripoli, protesters, most of whom are young, chanted “Libya! Libya!” And “No to corruption”, highlighting that they are fed up with the deterioration of services, frequent power and water cuts, and long lines in front of fuel distribution stations.
At 7.30 pm on 23 August, unknown men dressed in camouflaged military clothing opened fire on the crowd without warning, using Kalashnikov and other rifles installed in vehicles.
And Amnesty International called in a statement on Wednesday for the immediate release of all kidnapped protesters, an immediate, thorough and independent investigation into the use of force against protesters and that those responsible be held accountable.
The report says that at least six protesters were kidnapped and others injured due to live gunfire in the Libyan capital Tripoli on August 23, probably carried out by “Al-Wefaq’s Al-Nawasi militia.”
Since the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime in 2011, Libya has witnessed successive conflicts that have exhausted the population of the country that has the largest oil reserves in Africa.
Since 2015, two ruling powers have been in conflict: the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord led by Fayez al-Sarraj, and a parallel government supported by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, in the east of the country.
The demonstration comes two days after the two sides announced a ceasefire and pledged to organize elections.
This announcement raised hopes for an improvement in the situation in Libya, but did not dispel doubts about its applicability given that the country has witnessed violence and direct foreign interference for years.
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