Mass protests broke out in Libya: demonstrators set fire to the parliament (photo)

Mass protests began in Libya. Demonstrators stormed the Libyan parliament building in the city of Tobruk, protesting the deterioration of living conditions

It informs Aljazeera.

Several Libyan television channels reported on Friday that protesters had managed to enter the parliament building and carry out acts of vandalism, while media showed images of thick plumes of black smoke rising from its perimeter as angry young protesters set tires on fire.

Demonstrations also took place in other cities. In the capital, Tripoli, several hundred people gathered in the central square, where they demanded better electricity supply and lower bread prices. They called for the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces from the country.

“In the current difficult political and social conditions, we demand the dissolution of all authorities, the declaration of a state of emergency in the country, the resolution of the electricity crisis, the acceleration of elections and the withdrawal of foreign mercenaries from the country,” the demonstrators said in a statement.

It will be recalled that plunged into chaos after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011 and undermined by differences between the country’s east and west, Libya, which has the largest oil reserves in Africa, is in the grip of an intractable institutional crisis.

On December 24, 2021, after a long civil war in Libya, presidential elections were scheduled, followed by parliamentary elections. However, they were postponed indefinitely. In Libya, a dual government was actually established.

We will remind that Russia is recruiting mercenaries in Syria and Libya for the war with Ukraine.

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