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Armed people seize all significant infrastructure in Libya
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Armed people participating in the seizure of power are included in the Battalion of the Al Samoud Brigade. They say there will be no presidential elections on December 24th.
In the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday evening, December 15, armed men seized the presidential palace and surrounded the government and Ministry of Defense buildings. About it informs Sky News Arabia.
According to the newspaper, the chairman and members of the Presidential Council of the country were evacuated to a safe place after receiving information about the impending attacks on their homes.
It is noted that the military participating in the seizure of state institutions are included in the Battalion of the Al Samoud Brigade. They have already said that “there will be no presidential elections in Libya, and we will close all government offices in Tripoli.”
According to netizens, armed people seize all significant infrastructure facilities. Also, in large cities in the west of the country, several military formations are put on alert.
Against the background of what is happening, a number of Tripoli districts were left without electricity.
???? #Libya– According to local reports, a group of armed gunmen has surrounded the Presidential Council building in #Tripoli.
Photos&vids purported to show armed gunmen posted up around the offices of PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, leader of the Government of National Unity.
???? pic.twitter.com/HRwzjvelgw– Mete Sohtaoğlu (@metesohtaoglu) December 15, 2021
#BREAKING
According to @LibyaReview sources the government building in Libyan capital is currently surrounded.
In this video dozens of armed vehicles can be seen roving the streets of Tripoli.https://t.co/PzK4AXb3CT#Libya #LibyaReview pic.twitter.com/oj3NXDMV6F— Libya Review (@LibyaReview) December 16, 2021
#Libya all over again!
Al-Samuh Brigade Leader Salah Badi said that there will be no Presidential elections in Libya and that all public institutions in the Capital Tripoli will be closed. #Libya #Tripolitania pic.twitter.com/uzt3KCvK0R
— clicksendromu (@clicksendromu) December 15, 2021
Recall in March in Libya approved the composition of the new single government, whose mandate was to be valid until December 24 of this year – before the first presidential elections in the history of the country.
At the same time, the Libyan State Council earlier called for postponing the presidential elections until 2023 due to the impossibility of holding them under current conditions. The stumbling block was the article in the electoral law, which gives the right to run for the military. This paves the way for the promotion of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who has already temporarily resigned as commander of the Libyan National Army.
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