By Adam Ali.
Benghazi, 25 August 2015:
Protestors angry at their inability to register online for the new electronic passports have forced the . . .[restrict]local passport office in Jalu to close.
Officials are reported to have said that there were no more appointments available until the end of October. The new ‘electronic’, or more accurately biometric passports require special recording facilities. Given that many countries, including Tunisia, now refuse to accept the old-style Libyan passports, the pressure to obtain a new travel document has increased.
It appears however, that the Jalu passport office has proved unable to cope with the high demand. Thus protestors forced its closure yesterday, meaning that no one could get a new passport and the backlog of applicants only grew longer.
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