Libya's interim assembly said it was facing an impending "coup" Tuesday after ex-rebel militias gave it a five-hour deadline to hand over power. The potential crisis comes exactly three years after the start of the Arab Spring uprising that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi but left the sprawling **rth African country with a weak central government that has struggled to impose order on former rebel brigades. Powerful militias made up of former rebels from the western town of Zintan gave the General National Congress, the country's highest political authority, an evening deadline to quit Tuesday, threatening to seize any lawmaker who ig**red it. "We are giving the (General National) Congress, whose mandate has expired, five hours to hand over power," commanders of the Zintan militias said in a televised statement, indicating a deadline of around 1930 GMT.
03-25-2014, 01:07 AM
Libya MPs de**unce militia ultimatum as 'coup' threat
Libya's interim assembly said it was facing an impending "coup" Tuesday after ex-rebel militias gave it a five-hour deadline to hand over power. The potential crisis comes exactly three years after the start of the Arab Spring uprising that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi but left the sprawling **rth African country with a weak central government that has struggled to impose order on former rebel brigades. Powerful militias made up of former rebels from the western town of Zintan gave the General National Congress, the country's highest political authority, an evening deadline to quit Tuesday, threatening to seize any lawmaker who ig**red it. "We are giving the (General National) Congress, whose mandate has expired, five hours to hand over power," commanders of the Zintan militias said in a televised statement, indicating a deadline of around 1930 GMT.
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