Libyans came out to vote in force this weekend, despite considerable violence in the lead-up to the election which included the destruction of a campaigning helicopter and attacks on several polling locations.
The National Forces Alliance (NFA), a bloc of pro-NATO parties which has promised to “reward” nations involved in the 2011 war that imposed regime change on Libya, claims to be leading, saying they had dominated in Misrata and held leads in both Tripoli and Benghazi.
The other faction said to be doing well is the Justice and Construction Party (JCP), a Muslim Brotherhood tied organization modeled after Egypt’s Freedom and Justice Party. Their leader is former political prisoner Mohamed Sowan from Misrata. The JCP’s leadership has expressed doubts about a centralized government, and seems to have strong support among expats who returned after the 2011 war. Abdulhakim Belhaj’s party, al-Watan, seems a distant third.
Final results won’t be released for several more days, but preliminary estimates are that the JCP will secure less than 25% of the overall seats, a big drop considering they were initially predicting over 60%.
National Transitional Council (NTC) Prime Minister Mahmoud Jabril, the head of the NFA, has called for a “grand coalition” government, presumably led by him. The US has promised to support the new Libyan government, with Obama saying he was “proud” of the US role in regime change.
“Pro-NATO Bloc Claims Early Lead in Libya Vote Count”
Of course. NATO (North Atlantic Terrorist Organization) controls everything. Gosh, NATO may even be elected as the next president of Libya! Libyans love christian crusaders.
Did the US "help" with this election by providing the very latest in Diebold voting machines?
Sounds like they're trying to convince us that Libyan voters are as stupid as American voters. I find that very hard to believe. Only Americans vote against their own self interests.
The Libyans will be a stratified society – very rich sellouts, the very poor wondering WTF happened to their social safety net, and not much in between – just like the nations who invaded it.
LargeScaleAggressor, Aside from the fact that more than 90% of Americans are not into politics, especially in keeping up with international issues, there are two other factors that make us appear seemingly dumb to others in the world:
One is the Zionist control of media that also tends to make propaganda whores out of most of our mainstream journalists.
The other one is that the system is rigged. This alone is due to several factors such as being a two party system, making it almost impossible for anybody to get in. It’s like a private club. The other is financial contributions that should be outlawed. The guy who gets elected by money is not my guy and probably not your, and definitely not the 99 per centers’. I can go on and on…YOU GOT TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM.