I think it's a good idea to go way back when the "Libya uprising" began. The people were chanting for the ouster of their head of Parliament, Mahmoudi, not Qadaffi.
For years Qadaffi has been trying to organize a Constitutional Convention to empower people at tribal member level and eliminate complete tribal committee control. Mahmoudi not only supressed a call for a Constitution but had newspaper reporters that supported it arrested. He even threatened to arrest Saif Qadaff'.
A Constitution in Libya according to Wikileaks would nationalize all companies using Libyan resources and divide the profits from these deals to be split among all tribe members. Tribal councils want all the power and Parliament is comprised of tribal councils. Mahmoudi is truly screwing Libya in the interests of foreign business. Even though the media did report the protests against Mahmoudi, it's been silenced since.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/08/libya-detains-journalists
For years Qadaffi has been trying to organize a Constitutional Convention to empower people at tribal member level and eliminate complete tribal committee control. Mahmoudi not only supressed a call for a Constitution but had newspaper reporters that supported it arrested. He even threatened to arrest Saif Qadaff'.
A Constitution in Libya according to Wikileaks would nationalize all companies using Libyan resources and divide the profits from these deals to be split among all tribe members. Tribal councils want all the power and Parliament is comprised of tribal councils. Mahmoudi is truly screwing Libya in the interests of foreign business. Even though the media did report the protests against Mahmoudi, it's been silenced since.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/08/libya-detains-journalists
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