The spokesman for the Libyan army, Major General Ahmed Al-Mesmari, denied the bombing of the Government of National Accord (GNA) sites west of Sirte, considering that the GNA’s talk of the army’s bombing of its militias aimed at covering up the demonstrations in Tripoli.
The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, announced its support for the spontaneous demonstrations that have taken place since last Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, and other cities of western Libya.
The protesters demand improvement of public services, the advancement of the deteriorating living situation, and to denounce the spread of corruption within the GNA.
In his first comment on the Tripoli demonstrations, Mesmari welcomed any peaceful popular movement in his country and any space of freedom for every Libyan citizen to express his views.
In statements to the Russian "Sputnik" agency, Mesmari accused the GNA of using "militias" to confront and suppress the recent demonstrations in Tripoli.
He stressed that militias loyal to the head of the GNA, Fayez al-Sarraj, stormed the demonstrations square and expelled the protesters by force and kidnapped a number of them.
On his official Facebook page, Mismari published videos that documented scenes of crackdown and shooting targeting protesters who marched on Wednesday evening against the GNA, and armed militias intervened to expel them from the scene of demonstrations and prevent them from demanding basic rights.
demonstrators, whether by shooting them or kidnapping and arresting them.
On their part, the demonstrators in the cities of western Libya are preparing to go out in new rallies for the fifth day in a row, to protest against the deterioration of their living conditions, the decline in public services in the country and the spread of corruption, despite the closure and encirclement of protest squares by armed militias in the capital, Tripoli.
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