Libya could fall into “bottomless pit”

Oliver Holmes
Reuters
January 22, 2012

The deputy head of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Sunday he was resigning after a series of protests against the new government which the country’s leader warned could drag Libya into a “bottomless pit.”

Late on Saturday, a crowd demanding the government’s resignation smashed windows and forced their way into the NTC’s local headquarters in Benghazi, in the most serious show of anger at the new authorities since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.

The NTC has the support of the Western powers who helped force out Gaddafi in a nine-month conflict, but it is unelected, has been slow to restore basic public services, and some Libyans say too many of its members are tarnished by ties to Gaddafi.

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This article was posted: Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 8:49 am

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