Infuriated by the ongoing political stalemate, protesters took to the streets again on Sunday in Libya amid fears of a further escalation of unrest (pictured from Twitter, above, protesters in Misrata).
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They call for the resignation of the council
Video uploaded to social networking sites shows a crowd of young people demonstrating in front of the presidency council in Tripoli holding placards with slogans demanding that it resign.
Citizens also gathered to protest in other areas of Tripoli, setting fire to car tires and demanding an end to frequent power outages amid the heatwave, eyewitnesses said.
VIDEO | Renewed protests this evening in the Khallet Al-Furjan, Ghout Al-Shaal and Tariq Al-Shouk areas in #Tripoli for the third night in a row. It coincides with a call for a major demonstration tomorrow (Monday afternoon) at Martyrs’ Square. #Libya (1/2) https://t.co/cvtFkfWZhS
— صحيفة المرصد الليبية (@ObservatoryLY) July 3, 2022
According to information, similar demonstrations took place in Zliten and Misrata (west).
The new protests came after angry citizens stormed the parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk and set part of it on fire on Friday.
The violent incidents coincided with a series of protests in the oil-exporting north African country, where chaos continues to reign since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.
Guterres is concerned
The United Nations noted that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is closely following the developments. He is concerned and calls on the participants in the demonstrations to refrain from violence and the security forces to show restraint, according to a press release issued by his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric.
#BREAKING
A number of protesters gather in front of Al-Yarmouk camp in Libyan capital Tripoli.
The military camp is occupied by Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries.https://t.co/PzK4AXb3CT#Libya #LibyaReview pic.twitter.com/7ITgpOIYjU— Libya Review (@LibyaReview) July 2, 2022
Undermined by east-west conflicts, Libya , the country with the largest hydrocarbon deposits in Africa, remains caught in the grip of an intractable institutional crisis.
Since March, two governments have again been vying for power, one in Tripoli under Abdelhamid Dbeiba, who took over in 2021, the other in eastern Libya, under Fathi Basaga, supported by Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
The political crisis, the blackouts in the middle of summer due to the large reduction in natural gas production due to the occupation of facilities and the deterioration of Libyans' living standards have enraged much of the population.
The presidential and parliamentary elections that were supposed to be held in December 2021 did not take place.
The talks between the opposing sides who organized last week group the UN in Geneva ended without an agreement.
