By Janet Ekstract
NEW YORK – On the 81st anniversary of establishing the Libyan Army, Libya’s current Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah reiterated that the Libyan Army and military institution will never be controlled by just one person or be affiliated with any political group. The Libyan prime minister added that anyone choosing war as a way to garner power is delusional and presumptuous. Dbeibah pointed out that the army’s job is to secure state capitals not destroy them.
He emphasized that Libyans were horrified by mass graves in Tarhouna – a result of the country’s previous conflict. Dbeibah’s response to this was: “We won’t allow war to erupt again in Libya. Previous wars have taken enough of our young people and have cost the country and civilians a misery of a lifetime.” Dbeibah, who is also the defense minister, assured all Libyans injured in the conflict, regardless of political affiliation, that the Defense Ministry will cover their medical treatment because it is the ministry’s top priority and goal.
