Libya News

[tabatha]

Ismael ‏ @ChangeInLibya R
#Libya: 120,000 ex-fighters have been registered for army/police/education/jobs & 80,000 weapons have been collected - FF affairs committee

19 Apr Ismael ‏ @ChangeInLibya
Misrata's 3 largest prisons, holding around 3200 Gaddafi fighters are now in government hands w/FF joiningg MoI today #libya

18 Apr Ismael ‏ @ChangeInLibya
#Libya Justice ministry has taken over more of Misrata's detention centres today, w/1200 prisoners (Gaddafi soldiers, etc) in gov hands now

Ismael ‏ @ChangeInLibya
Hundreds of #Benghazi youth went out today urging locals to register for local council elections - good luck guys, make up proud #libya

Luis Moreno Ocampo: Once they submit their case legally to us against Saif and appeal the ICC decision, they can then try him in #Libya

TRIPOLI — Libya’s interim prime minister plans to reshuffle his cabinet which has come under fire over corruption scandals and failure to consolidate the national army, a government spokesman said. Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib “has reviewed the performance of certain ministries” and “will announce a cabinet reshuffle soon,” Nasser al-Manaa told journalists late Wednesday.

The ministers of defence, health and interior have come under scrutiny in the past few months which have been marked by communal conflicts and the discovery of mass fraud in reward schemes for former rebels and war wounded. On Monday, members of the ruling National Transitional Council warned that the interim government was heading towards a no-confidence vote due to its failure to organise the army and tackle outstanding security issues.

The main criticisms lobbied against the interim government, said an NTC member, were its failure “to reactivate the army, to integrate militias under a legitimate framework, and the wasting of public money.”

Libyans are expected to vote for a constituent assembly in June.

http://tweepforum.ly/government/libya-prime-minister-to-reshuffle-cabinet/

When I visited South Africa in 1997, 3 years after independence and the first open-to-all election, everyone was talking about the government members riding the "gravy train". And it has not stopped - just like the US - just like .......well, any other country in the world, except perhaps, Iceland, Sweden, Norway ??

THEY “stopped the gravy train just long enough to get on themselves,” said Desmond Tutu in disgust over the post-apartheid greed of South Africa’s liberation elite. If Zakes Mda’s account is anything to go by, the Nobel laureate was guilty of understatement. The African National Congress (ANC), he claims, is “overtaking Nigeria” in patronage and cronyism.
http://www.economist.com/node/21542371

Johannesburg - If you are a public servant and want to get rich, join the ­National Youth Development Agency (NYDA).
A City Press investigation has revealed that the agency’s staff will earn an average ­salary of R517 000 each this ­financial year, prompting one of its directors to admit that it was nothing more than an ANC Youth League-dominated “gravy train”.
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Welcome-aboard-the-gravy-train-20110917-2

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, tabatha.

[Cleita]

2. K&R

[ellisonz]

3. How will they ever...

...practice self-defense without those 80,000 weapons.