Gunmen keep Libyan ministry under siege for second day
30 April 2013 6:45 AM IST
Dozens of gunmen kept Libya’s foreign ministry under siege for a second straight day on Monday demanding it sack officials from the previous regime of Moamer Kadhafi, an AFP correspondent said.
Around 30 vehicles, some mounted with anti-aircraft guns, and armed men have encircled the ministry since Sunday. On Monday, placards calling for the adoption of a law aimed at political expulsions of Kadhafi-era officials hung on the gate of the ministry building.
‘The ministry is closed,’ Aymen Mohamed Aboudeina, part of a group of protesters, told AFP, adding that ‘talks will beinitiated in the coming hours with the concerned ministries’.
He said the ‘siege’ will be lifted when the protesters' demands are met through a vote in the General National Congress on a bill calling for the expulsion of former regime employees.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan denounced the encircling of the foreign ministry and other attacks targetingthe interior ministry and the national television in Tripoli. He appealed to the people to support the government in resisting armed groups.
Around 30 vehicles, some mounted with anti-aircraft guns, and armed men have encircled the ministry since Sunday. On Monday, placards calling for the adoption of a law aimed at political expulsions of Kadhafi-era officials hung on the gate of the ministry building.
‘The ministry is closed,’ Aymen Mohamed Aboudeina, part of a group of protesters, told AFP, adding that ‘talks will beinitiated in the coming hours with the concerned ministries’.
He said the ‘siege’ will be lifted when the protesters' demands are met through a vote in the General National Congress on a bill calling for the expulsion of former regime employees.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan denounced the encircling of the foreign ministry and other attacks targetingthe interior ministry and the national television in Tripoli. He appealed to the people to support the government in resisting armed groups.
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