Libya: Cyrenaica tribal leaders claim the province has a semi-self-governing

Said tribal leaders and militia leaders in eastern Libya's oil-rich area of ​​the semi-autonomous.They said the area gently neglected for decades, and will from now on a federal state in the country.The announcement came during a meeting attended by at least a thousand people near the city of Benghazi.The news agency quoted the French participants saying "it was favored by Shaykh al-Zubayr Ahmad al-Sharif al-Sanusi president of his council the top"The first area gently declares "federal federal provinces" autonomous since the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.Supporters say that the autonomy of the Government of the Territory will manage the affairs of housing and education, while the central government shall supervise the affairs of security and defense.Opposed to the Transitional National Assembly in Libya this step for fear of the disintegration of the country.Abdullah Idris was a member of the local council in the town of Gallo-eastern Libya has said he opposes the idea, and threatened to cut off the supply of oil from Benghazi in the event of implementation of this idea, where they pass through pipelines transporting crude oil from his home town.He described the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse, who attended the meeting this step as a "declaration of intent by the leaders of the tribes of Cyrenaica."He said it was not clear until now with any kind of autonomy demanded by tribal leaders in the region.The federal system has prevailed in Libya for a period of ten years after independence, with divided the country into regions, three are Tripoli in the west and Cyrenaica in the east and Vazen in the south, then turned into Libya to central rule in the late era of ownership, quick Gaddafi process when he came to power.
Source: BBC Arabic