Libya Herald tries to capture the revolutionary and dysfunctional climate in Tripoli now in the lead up to the vote on the Political Isolation law with all of the populist pressure trying to influence what should be a time for a cool, rationale, and calculated decision.
Around a thousand people demonstrated at the General National Congress (GNC) building today, in support of the Political Isolation Law.Today’s GNC session was suspended ahead of the planned demonstration and the demonstrators were free to enter through the gates into the grounds of the GNC conference hall.Leader of the Ummah al Wasat Party and a central figure of the Political Isolation Law movement, Saami Al Saadi, told the gathered crowd that the revolution was not only against Qaddafi but the whole corrupt system. Those involved with the old regime could not be allowed to continue in the Free Libya, he said.Another demonstration is planned for Sunday, the day the GNC is scheduled to vote on the legislation. Demonstrators will apparently demand that details of the ballot be made public and one speaker said: “The people of Libya should know who voted in favour of the law and who opposed it.”