Reply With QuoteIf those results hold up, very good news Libya.
Unofficial preliminary results
Jibril´s liberal coalition (National Forces Alliance) 66 percent
Muslim Brotherhood Justice and Construction Party 19 percent
Ali al-Sallabi and AbdukHakim Belhadj Homeland Party 5 percent
If those results hold up, very good news Libya.
In these elections it is not that crucial as 60 percent of seats in Assembly is reserved for individuals, but it shows that Libyans rejects Muslim Brotherhood and its associates like Belhadj and want to focus on economy and security, instead of religion (99 percent of Libyans are sunni muslims, they dont need anyone telling them how to perform their religion).
Kalerab, does that mean that unlike Tunisia and Egypt, Lybia could be headed in a decent, progressive direction ?! I really hope so !
I wouldn´t throw away Tunisia just yet, government there is hardly made up of hard-line islamists what could be seen by how salafi clerics criticize them, but so far it looks like Libyan government will be dominated by technocrats and liberals. Hell, Ali al-Sallabi - prominent salafi cleric (and person behind Al-Wattan party) - said not so long about Jibril that he is "extreme secularist". Also unlike in Tunisia and Egypt, Jibril united majority of liberals under one umbrella. His Alliance is made up of 58 parties, 250 NGOs and hundreds of individuals, he made a lot of contacts within European and US governments (especially in France), he strongly empathize on women rights (what brought him a LOT of women votes) and rights of minorities (Amazigh, Toubou, Tuaregs). From Western point of view, he is ideal as ideal gets (together with NFSL but it looks like they performed poorly).
edit: On side note women voice in these elections is something really important. Political parties (especially MB and Al-Wattan) didn´t really empathize on it before Benghazi local elections. In those it was woman who became not only head of local council, but got more votes than anyone else. Afterwards Al-Wattan, who are conservatives, had on their main poster woman candidate without hijab. In country where 99 percent of women wear it, in order to show how they do not want to veil anyone, as they are accused. Their main problem however is that they are seen as Qatar proxy party.
But, but, Al Queda and Muslim Brotherhood were supposed to win all these elections and thats why we needed to support these dictators to keep their people in line!!1!111!!! Lets hope that these results keep going very well for a while.
The future is far from certain, but apparently there was only 1 death and this is a good outcome. It certainly doesn't fit the idea of islamist infiltration of the whole areaOriginally Posted by IconOfEvi
IconOfEvi, you crack me up.
Good outcome and I wish the Libyan people the best of luck.
lol thanks you guys, the best way to keep your head on loosely as opposed to flying away is to take a nice big laugh at it all
Maybe the libyan are also tired of the islamist rethoric used by the gaddhafi regime and wants a full change and give a chance for the liberals
http://www.libyaherald.com/exclusive...zi-unofficial/Mahmoud Jibril’s National Forces Alliance has reportedly taken 50-60 per cent of available votes in Benghazi, more than all of the other 19 parties standing in the city combined.
Both the Justice & Construction Party and the National Front are understood to have received 10-15 per cent of the vote apiece although Justice & Construction is believed to have clinched second place. The Nation Party reportedly trails in fourth with 3-8 per cent of the vote. If confirmed, that means that the remaining 16 parties may have received little more than 10 per cent of the vote between them.
The results have yet to be officially announced, with these figures having been provided by officials at the HNEC in Benghazi and a senior political party figure in the city.
The results add additional weight to previous reports that the NFA has secured a massive victory in Saturday’s elections, with sources saying it may have taken 60-65 per cent of available votes nationwide. In Tripoli, there have been reports that the NFA has secured as much as 80 per cent of the vote. 11 of the 80 seats available to political parties in the National Conference are located in Benghazi.
K, thanks for the preliminary election results.
Liberal coalition, just like the Democratic Popular Republic of North Korea.
Yeah, sure. Why not add Myanmar while we´re at it?
... You know very well that liberal in Libya could make most US conservatives pale in comparison.
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