By Libya Herald reporter.
Tunis, 5 December 2015:
The international community needs to use force to impose its will against the invading militias . . .[restrict]in Tripoli, HoR member Younis Fannush has said.
The Benghazi member was talking to the Libya 24 channel.
The HoR member was discussing the vexing problem of how a proposed Government of National Accord (GNA) proposed by the UN to unify the conflicting Libyan political and military factions could be secured in the capital Tripoli.
It will be recalled that the capital was forcefully occupied by a coalition of GNC-backed and Misrata-led militias calling themselves Libya Dawn in the summer of 2014. The occupation forced the Libyan government to flee for its life to the eastern city of Al-Beida.
There has been much debate and speculation about the security arrangements for any GNA with the possibility of some of the Libyan militias providing security. At one stage Misrata was favourite to act as security provider.
However, it is believed that the recent clashes between militias within the capital has been a counter reaction by Tripoli-based militias to the idea of Misratan militias being put in control of security in the capital.
The clear evidence that no one or one set of militias can impose security in the capital Tripoli is thought to have jettisoned the idea of Misratan militias being put in charge. It has probably also shot down the idea of putting any Libyan militia in charge of security.
This has then led to the serious consideration of using foreign troops with the idea of using African, Arab or Muslim troops being initially favourite. Then there was consideration of using UN blue helmets to provide a secure ”Green Zone”, as was the case in Baghdad.
It was thought that the GNA could be housed alongside the UNSMIL mission at their Palm City base in western Tripoli. However, the possibility of Italian troops has more recently been discussed.
Whatever decision is taken regarding which troops will provide security in Tripoli for a GNA, most experts agree that unless security is provided for a GNA in Tripoli, the GNA would be as unsuccessful as previous Libyan governments since 2011.
Equally, it is also agreed that unless the problem of the widespread distribution of arms and the autonomous from central government militias in Libya is resolves, it will be very difficult to put in place an effective and successful Libyan government of whatever makeup. [/restrict]
