Will the capital, Tripoli, be evacuated of armed formations? Experts answer

The Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Unity announced yesterday that security positions will be evacuated and the tasks of armed formations will be handed over to security directorates, according to spatial jurisdiction.

She pointed out that this comes within the plan to evacuate the capital of armed formations in the coming days, which raises a question about the extent of all formations’ compliance with this measure.

not difficult

In this context, political analyst Nasser Abu Deeb considered that this measure is a sound and important measure and was supposed to be taken years ago, since the beginning of the February 17 revolution, and that everything that is happening now is good and can be implemented, at least in terms of security gates and security stops. We are blessed with the presence of a specific ministry specialized in these matters that works on these gates day and night.

Abu Deeb said, in his statement to “Sputnik”: “We must not forget that this idea that the designated minister spoke about comes within the scope of four municipalities, which are the Andalus neighborhood, Abu Salim, and the central Tripoli region, in addition to the Ain Zara region. He did not talk about the Tajoura and Janzour regions adjacent to the capital.” From East and West.”

He stressed that these formations will comply, but not in the form and manner in which they evacuate the headquarters, because these formations are operating behind many mechanisms and a number of soldiers and military personnel belonging to the Ministry of Defense or the Chief of Staff, and from here he sees that it is easy to implement from one aspect and difficult to implement from other aspects, which is Deporting them from the capital permanently, due to the absence of headquarters to accommodate these masses.

He said: “The Ministry of Interior can carry out its work from a security and organizational standpoint and go on this correct path so that the work is within the scope of one ministry and specific people are responsible for this task.”
Dominance struggle

For his part, political analyst Abdullah Al-Dibani believes that the problem of the existence of armed formations is a problem that has existed in Libya since the beginning of the February Revolution, and was met with many fabricated solutions, most of which were not based on a strategy to end their presence, but rather relied on the process of reducing them by merging them with each other.
Al-Dibani continued, in special statements to “Sputnik,” that the statements of the Minister of the Interior of the National Unity Government are close to the statements of the former Minister of the Interior, Fathi Bashagha, when he began an operation called “Operation Snakehead,” through which he led to the reduction of a large number of non-Sharia armed formations. And not formally affiliated with the state, but these formations returned strongly during the era of Dabaiba’s government after their split from within other formations that came under Dabaiba’s command and carried out his instructions.

He believes that the Minister of the Interior does not mean by removing the armed formations from the capital to end their presence, but rather to evacuate the capital of these formations that have begun to differentiate among themselves by having greater control within the capital, including the legitimate and illegitimate formations. He said that this matter will not be the solution if he is able to implement what he said. This does not mean that their presence will be hidden from the scene, even if they are removed from the capital, but it does mean that they will be absent from the political and security scene.
He said that the solution is to integrate their individuals individually into official agencies such as the Ministry of Interior and Defense, as well as giving the door to the option in the process of re-placement of these individuals affiliated with these institutions in civil state institutions, as some of them wish to give up arms and abandon this dangerous mission, and that they will be at the forefront of any conflict. A breakout may occur within the capital, and he has the option of being in a better place with his qualifications, civilian CV, and the benefits of a civilian salary. Most individuals will join these institutions.

He explained that these solutions are fabricated solutions, which the state is still in control of, and that there are still parties that want to use these formations to achieve personal interests, and that the Minister-designate of the Interior wants to be a carbon copy of Fathi Bashagha, the former Minister of the Interior, but this matter is beyond his reach because Capacity standards differ and leadership differs, so this measure will be nothing more than a statement that cannot be applied on the ground.

He considered that the correct solution is to integrate these formations individually into state institutions from these formations, each according to their qualifications, with advantages that match the advantages of these formations, and to open the door for small projects for these young people to start small projects that could reap better results than they have today, as they are present on the Hot tin and they are at the forefront of any military confrontations between these warring formations in the capital.
He stressed that these formations seek to control the largest geographical area of ​​the capital, Tripoli, in order to have great dominance there.