Libyan protest movement says it will step up its campaign

3/7/2022 6:42

        Libyan protesters will keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power, they said on Saturday, after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it.
        
        The protest movement said it would step up its campaign from Sunday, urging demonstrators to set up tents in city squares and
        practise civil disobedience until they achieve their goal of ousting political institutions and holding new elections.
        
        Security vehicles surrounded government buildings in the capital after sunset on Saturday and there was no sign of new protests after Friday's rallies demanding change.
        
        It said it would occupy city streets and squares until all the ruling political bodies "announce their resignation in public".
        
        The fact that protests are happening across the country shows the growing frustration of Libyans on both sides of the main political dividing line between eastern and western factions that were at war for years.