Kais Saeed falling afoul of Brotherhood in Libya, Tunisia
There is shock among the members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya and Tunisia at the remarks Tunisian President Kais Saeed made during his latest visit to Paris.
Saeed's
remarks bucked his country's trend on the situation in Libya.
He described
at a press briefing with French President Emmanuel Macron the legitimacy of the
Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) as a "temporary"
one.
"The GNA
derives its legitimacy from the Skhirat agreement," Saeed said. "The
agreement stipulated the formation of a government that paves the road in Libya
for the presence of an elected government."
The Tunisian
president even called on Libya's tribes to draft a new constitution that serves
everybody's interests.
However, the
Muslim Brotherhood described Saeed's remarks as "controversial" and
overlooking the situation on the ground in Libya.
The Justice
and Construction Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya,
criticized the Tunisian president.
The party
accused Saeed of ignorance about the political crisis in Libya.
Party Chairman
Mohamed Sawan said the Tunisian president did not have the simplest knowledge
about the political crisis in Libya.
"By
demanding that the tribes draft a constitution, Saeed wants to apply the Afghan
model to Libya," he added on his Facebook page.
He described
the remarks of the Tunisian president as "ridiculous" and accused him
of "snobbishness" in dealing with the "legitimate" government
in Libya.
Head of the
Libyan State Council, Khalid al-Meshri, also criticized Saeed.
He said at a
press conference in Tripoli that tribes are not more than social umbrellas in
Libya.
"They are
not political parties," al-Meshri said of the tribes. "You cannot
apply the Afghan model to Libya."
