The memory of the “Al-Fateh Revolution” renews Libyans’ differences over the Gaddafi era
Loyalists of the regime of the late Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi spent their night, yesterday, in celebrations of the anniversary of the “Al-Fateh Revolution” in several cities, punctuated by unusual correspondence and verbal altercations from their opponents, remembering that the first of September 54 years ago from now witnessed a “coup”. The king of the country at the time, Muhammad Idris al-Senussi, lasted for more than four decades, and it only ended with a “revolution.”
Green banners expressing the Gaddafi era appeared in most of the cities of Libya, from south to north, and chants and “fiery chants” sounded, and enthusiastic speeches by the “brother leader”, who was buried dead, denouncing “imperialism and global Zionism”, in rituals and slogans This year, it was not without condemnation of the interim government in Tripoli, due to its accusation of “building bridges of normalization with Israel.”
As a whole, Libyans were divided between those who express their nostalgia and lack of the late colonel and his regime, and those who accuse him of causing “the destruction of the country by turning against constitutional legitimacy,” after the overthrow of King Idris al-Senussi, who they say “achieved independence and stability for the country.” But this time it came at a time when 6 African countries neighboring Libya are suffering from coups or political unrest.
A Libyan politician, a supporter of the former monarchy, said that the so-called “Fateh of September Revolution” is “a brutal coup that destroyed the stability of the country and revived the tribal and tribal system in it for more than four decades.”
Former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The Libyan politician said, in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat, that Gaddafi “did not leave a positive impact on the development of the country, despite the high oil revenues that his family sought to squander and distribute to the privileged, and then Libya lagged behind in many sectors, including the oil sector.” Education and health system in Libya.
However, Dr. Mustafa Al-Zaidi, head of the Libyan “National Movement” party, considered, in the face of these accusations and criticisms, that “the opening of September is a historic day for the Libyan people, despite the haters and the arrogant.” He believed that “it put an end to long centuries of hateful foreign colonial rule, And the semi-independent national state that was established in 1951 developed under the influence of the victorious countries in the war, which maintained a military presence and exercised political influence over the Libyan authority.
Gaddafi at the beginning of his rule in Libya (circulated on the pages of his supporters)
Al-Zaidi enumerated what he saw as the virtues of this day, and said that he “launched the wheel of modernization for Libya, achieved social justice, just as fair equality between citizens was achieved, and oil and banks were nationalized, and Libya became an economically independent country by deed and not by words only.”
Since Thursday evening, some Libyan regions, which still owe loyalty to the late president, witnessed celebrations during which green flags were raised, pictures of Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam, and supporters of this era fired bullets and fireworks. Most of the celebrations were concentrated in the cities of southern Libya, starting from Sebha and Traghen, all the way to Bani Walid (northwest).
Gaddafi’s supporters download a picture of King Idris Al-Senussi (archives circulated on the pages of the former regime’s eyes)
According to Al-Zaidi loyal to the former regime, these “positive points” of the Gaddafi era have not been erased from the memory of a large segment of Libyans, especially those belonging to the monarchy period, that “the conqueror of September destroyed the gains of the Senussi era,” considering it “just a military coup, like the one you are witnessing.” Neighboring countries on the African continent, at present, seized power, tyrannized the rule and established dictatorship.
Faced with these accusations, calibration and exchanges escalated between the supporters of “Al-Fateh” and the supporters of the current authority. On the one hand, the first party took advantage of the “Rome meeting”, in which the Tripoli government was accused of “normalization with Israel”, to remind Gaddafi’s position on the “Zionist enemy”. And opponents of the Gaddafi era, given that what Gaddafi and his comrades did was “nothing but a coup.”
And with the controversy of “the conqueror will not return” and “February will not prevail,” referring to the “revolution” that toppled Gaddafi, only to be assassinated several months later. However, it was “the cause of the country’s transformation from a simple dependent state into an active state in its regional and international surroundings, and it deservedly led the global liberation movement.”
Al-Zaidi said in this regard: “On the memory of (Al-Fateh), I address a special invitation to all Libyans, including those who opposed him or disagreed with his directions and propositions, to call on history for history and for the evaluation to be for the people, and for us to join together to save our country that is being tampered with by the fools, agents and humiliators.”
Khaled Al-Ghwail, advisor to the Libyan Tribes Union for External Relations, took advantage of this memory to congratulate what he called “the free people of the world and liberation movements” on the occasion of the “Al-Fateh Revolution” in September, and said that “the Libyan people’s refusal to normalize with the usurper entity is a message to all agents and traitors rushing to Rome.” He added that Libya “presented the martyrs in 1948 with an epic for our heroes; Today, the people, despite the machinations, go on celebrating the great conqueror, and this glorious revolution achieved freedom, nationalized wealth, and expelled the colonialists.
Al-Ghawil concluded that the Libyan people “will say their word and will continue the path of giving, which was built by the symbolic leader, Muammar Gaddafi, so that Dr. Saif al-Islam will complete the journey to achieve construction, development and the project for Libya of tomorrow.”
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2023-09-02 11:12:17
