High State Council demands actions taken against Aldabaiba for using militia force to prevent meeting
The head of the High State Council (HSC), Khaled Mishri, demanded that action be taken against incumbent Prime Minister Abd ...
Tag: use of force
Use of force, in face of Aldabaiba using force to prevent peaceful handover of power, is justified
The use of force is likely and justifiable in resolving Libya’s political crisis in view of the fact that current ...
GECOL thanks Joint Force for securing its power stations from militias – Libya still a militia state?
By Sami Zaptia. London, 4 August 2020: Libya’s state monopoly, the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), thanked the Joint ...
Op-Ed: Libyans need opportunity to consider their new social contract
By Sami Zaptia. Flags in Tripoli (File photo) Tunis, 15 October 2015: At a forum of ‘‘Libyan Experts’’ held ...
Government threatens international indictment of warring militia leaders’ “heinous crimes”
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 17 July 2014: The Libyan government has today threatened warring militia leaders with both local and ...
Zeidan threatens to use force, again. Says police are “terrorized” by militias.
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 17 January 2014: Commenting during Tuesday's (14 January) press conference on the assassination the previous Sunday of ...
Is Zeidan finally changing tack?
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 12 November 2013: In a clear departure from his hitherto non-confrontational and consensus-seeking policy line, Prime ...
The state should have monopoly on use of force – Zeidan
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 11 November 2013: At yesterday's press conference, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that if Libyans want a ...
No one, including thuwar, has right to use of force: Zeidan
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 13 September 2013: Returning to a recurrent theme, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, at Wednesday’s press conferences, ...
Arrest warrants issued for leaders of oil strikes: Zeidan
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 12 September 2013: Asked about what action he was going to take against the strikers responsible ...
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