After the protests that flared up yesterday in with a group of demonstrators who stormed the building that houses the Parliament in Tobruk, the Libyan prime minister supported by the international community, Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, asked all political bodies, including the his government, to resign and go to elections.
"I add my voice to protesters across the country: all political bodies must resign, including the government, and there is no way to do it except through elections," Dbeibah tweeted, adding that "those who are known are known. they hinder the elections and the approval of the budget ".
"The Libyan Presidency Council (based in Tripoli ed) has followed the recent events throughout Libya. It is in permanent session to realize the will of the Libyans (who want) change and the production of an elected authority that satisfies the will of the Libyans ".
It can be read on the Facebook page of
the Libyan Presidential Council
in relation to yesterday's violent protests by exasperated citizens both in the East and in the West of the country.
"The Presidential Council will not disappoint the hopes and will of our people to live in a state that enjoys permanent security and stability", concludes the note.
"The right of the people to protest peacefully should be respected and protected, but riots and vandalism such as the assault on the seat of the House of Representatives yesterday in Tobruk are completely unacceptable".
This is what Stephanie Williams
, special adviser to the UN secretary general in Libya writes on Twitter
, adding that "it is absolutely essential to remain calm, that the Libyan leadership is responsible, and to exercise restraint on the part of all".
