Demonstrations in Libya to implement Islamic law

Changing demands of the ongoing demonstrations in the cities since the fall of the Libyan Qadhafi

(Al-Jazeera Forum - Archive)

Thousands of people demonstrated in several Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, including the claim that the new Constitution provides for the application of Islamic law and that Islam is the main source of legislation.
They stressed, who went out at the invitation of the Islamic currents - in demonstrations titled "Loyalty to the martyrs and the wounded" - the unity of the territory of Libya and not division.
These demonstrations came authentication such as the Transitional National Assembly on the election law, which faces many objections from civic organizations and the Islamic trend.
For its part, the Muslim Brotherhood denounced what it called the insistence of the Libyan National Transition Council not to make any fundamental change in the draft electoral law, although the proposals and observations made by the national forces and the political.
The group demanded in a statement, a copy of the Interim Council not to monopolize the decision making process as a "danger" to the political process.
And appealed to the Council amend the election law to be relative to the existing system as it ensures a greater opportunity to reach women and competencies, and urged him to expedite the issuance of a law to regulate political life as the basis for the modern civil state in the words of the statement.
In parallel, said a Western diplomat involved in discussions with the Electoral Commission that Libya Libyan proposal to cancel the allocation of ten percent of the seats in the new National Assembly for women.
It is expected to elect a new Assembly, which will include 200 members in June to draft a constitution after the overthrow of Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, late last year.



Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies