Bostana
23rd August 2011, 23:38
Muammar Gaddafi has been the de-facto ruler of Libya since he led a military coup that overthrew King Idris I in 1969.
Under Gaddafi, Libya was theoretically a decentralized, democratic state run according to the philosophy of Gaddafi's Green Book, with Gaddafi retaining a ceremonial position. Libya was officially run by a system of people's committees which served as local governments for the country's subdivisions, an indirectly-elected General People's Congress as the legislature, and the General People's Committee, led by a Secretary-General, as the executive branch. In practice, however, these structures were manipulated to ensure the dominance of Gaddafi, who continued to dominate all aspects of government, and the country's political system was widely seen as a rubber-stamp.
So whats your opinion on the 2011 Libyan civil war?
Under Gaddafi, Libya was theoretically a decentralized, democratic state run according to the philosophy of Gaddafi's Green Book, with Gaddafi retaining a ceremonial position. Libya was officially run by a system of people's committees which served as local governments for the country's subdivisions, an indirectly-elected General People's Congress as the legislature, and the General People's Committee, led by a Secretary-General, as the executive branch. In practice, however, these structures were manipulated to ensure the dominance of Gaddafi, who continued to dominate all aspects of government, and the country's political system was widely seen as a rubber-stamp.
So whats your opinion on the 2011 Libyan civil war?