Ali expects Libya's Brotherhood to rig future votes
CAIRO – Member of the Egyptian parliament and the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies in Paris (CEMO) Abdel Rahim Ali expected today Libya's Muslim Brotherhood, which is backed by both Turkey and Qatar, to try to sabotage efforts aiming at finding a political settlement to the conflict in Libya.
"They will also try to carve a
niche for themselves inside the new Libyan institutions," he added at a conference on Turkish
interference in the Middle East region and the threats this interference poses
to regional and world peace.
Ali noted that the areas controlled by the Tripoli-based
Government of National Accord, namely Tripoli, Zawiya, and Misurata, have at least a
million Libyans living in them.
"Between 2.5 and 3 million Libyan citizens
live in the areas controlled by the Libyan National Army," he said.
"Most of those living in the
aforementioned cities did not vote for the Muslim Brotherhood in the last
elections," he added.
Ali noted that this is why there are
expectations that the Muslim Brotherhood will try to rig or control the vote in
any coming elections.
"Turkey and Qatar agree that any political
settlement in Libya will not give them what they want in the country," Ali
said.
"This is why they will do their best to
sabotage efforts aiming at bringing about a peaceful settlement to the conflict
in Libya," he added.
