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| Libyan Government should be suspended, says military commander | |
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| A Libyan military commander called for the suspension of the interim Government on Friday. | A Libyan military commander called for the suspension of the interim Government on Friday. |
| He called for it to be replaced by a presidential committee to govern until new elections are held. | He called for it to be replaced by a presidential committee to govern until new elections are held. |
| Major General Khalifa Haftar was a leading figure in the 2011 uprising against fomer Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi, but it was not clear how much influence he has within the nascent army in a country where diverse armed groups hold sway. | Major General Khalifa Haftar was a leading figure in the 2011 uprising against fomer Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi, but it was not clear how much influence he has within the nascent army in a country where diverse armed groups hold sway. |
| “The national command of the Libyan army is declaring a movement for the new road map,” Haftar said in a statement in which he claimed the armed forces were calling for the country to be “rescued” from its upheaval. | “The national command of the Libyan army is declaring a movement for the new road map,” Haftar said in a statement in which he claimed the armed forces were calling for the country to be “rescued” from its upheaval. |
| “We will hold meeting with different parties and groups regarding implementing this roadmap,” he said. | “We will hold meeting with different parties and groups regarding implementing this roadmap,” he said. |
| There were no immediate signs of any troop movements or activity outside the parliament in Tripoli, the Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's office or any other Government ministries. | There were no immediate signs of any troop movements or activity outside the parliament in Tripoli, the Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's office or any other Government ministries. |
| Libya, since the fall and assassination of Gaddafi in October 2011, remians chaotic. | Libya, since the fall and assassination of Gaddafi in October 2011, remians chaotic. |
| Its fragile government and armed forces unable to impose their authority on competing political factions and the brigades of former rebels who refuse to disarm. | Its fragile government and armed forces unable to impose their authority on competing political factions and the brigades of former rebels who refuse to disarm. |
| Reuters | Reuters |