Feeble turnout by Libyan voters points to deep disillusionment
Abdou Rais was still a teenager in August 2011, when he joined other young men in Tripoli excitedly taking up arms against dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
Today, Mr. Rais is jobless. This morning, as voting for a constitutional drafting committee began, he was slouched against a wall in Libya's capital, listlessly watching the bustle in the alleys with a pair of friends.
“We young men, we did many things in the revolution, and now we have no work,” he says.
Just three days ago, Libyans celebrated the start of the revolt that toppled Mr. Qaddafi in 2011. But today, as cold wind and rain tossed the strings of flags left over from the festivities, all but a trickle of residents ignored the vote.
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