Prime Minister Ali Zidan appears to have made
a major concession to the Libya Shield in his handling of the attacks
of Black Saturday. This week, he announced that the relevant ministries
were working to get to the bottom of the incident and that the General Prosecutor had started meeting all the relevant parties. He explained
that an “action team” comprising three committees had been set
up.
One of the tasks of this action team will be to draw up a list
of all the individuals in each of the brigades operating across the
country. In this way, Zidan explained, the state will be able
to determine who within these brigades, including the Libya Shield,
belonged to the former regime. It looks as though the prime
minister may be paving the way to exonerate the Libya Shield for its
actions on Black Saturday by blaming elements linked to Qadhafi's
regime within it.
Zidan also revealed that the fact-finding committee charged
with investigating the incident is to be made up of local tribal elders
from Benghazi. This is hardly a resounding endorsement for the security
agencies and the capacity of the state and suggests that Zidan
is keen to resolve the issue locally and on a social rather
than a security level.
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