TRIPOLI, Libya: July 1 (Xinhua) — An office building of Libyan Higher National Election Commission (HNEC), located in the country’s second largest city of Benghazi, was stormed by protestors on Sunday, an electoral official told Xinhua.
The i******t took place less than a week before the North African country holds constituent assembly elections.Jamal Abu Green, a senior official of HNEC, told Xinhua that about 100 men stormed into the building and smashed documents and facilities around, demanding “fair” distribution of parliamentary seats in the upcoming elections.
The i******t left several committee staff members i*****d, but has not caused any d****s. The security situation in Libya, about eight months after the civil w*r that ended the life of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, is still unstable as tribal clashes, anti-interim government and anti- foreigner a*****s are reported almost every month.
Last month, HNEC announced that the forthcoming constituent assembly elections, originally set to be held in late June, are to be postponed to July 7, amid ongoing clashes between army forces and a***d groups in the southeastern city of Kufra, which left at least 47 people k****d and more than 100 others i*****d in the past three days.
Before the civil w*r erupted last year, Libya had a population of over 6 million. According to HNEC statistics, more than 2.8 million voters are likely to cast ballots in the assembly elections, roughly 80 percent of the total registered voters. (Xinhua)
