Armed groups deployed Wednesday night through several districts of the Libyan capital, in an apparent show of force following the expulsion of a high-ranking army officer.
“Armed groups led by various military and security forces in Tripoli deployed en masse around sensitive buildings in the capital,” said an army official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
According to the same source, this mobilization “took place a few hours after the appointment of General Abdelkander Mansour as the new military commander of the Tripoli region, following an order from the Presidential Council”.
On Wednesday, the Presidential Council, Libya’s highest authority and officially in charge of the armed forces, ousted General Abdelbaset Marouane, who had held the post for many years, replacing him with Mansour.
According to images broadcast by many local media and social media, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, dozens of armed men, who were presented by journalists as close to General Marouane, as well as in armor, took to the central boulevards of Tripoli. They then took up positions on the perimeter of the government headquarters and near other government buildings.
The military source assessed that the incident is not very serious, saying that the units responsible for the security of state institutions were deployed and denying that they surrounded the buildings in question.
The Libyan capital is under the control of several armed groups under the Ministry of Defense – which does not have a minister – and the interior ministry of the transitional government.
Libya has been trying since 2011, when ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, to emerge from the chaos in which it has been plunged in recent years by clashes between two rival authorities – one in eastern Libya and one in the west – they were fighting for power.
As part of the UN-sponsored peace process, presidential elections were announced on 24 December. However, the absence of an official list of candidates and the constant disagreements between the opposing sides raise serious doubts about their conduct.
Source: AMPE
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