Libya Special: A Guide to The New Political Landscape (Hussain)
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Writing for The Guardian, Ghaffar Hussain attempts to answer the question on many people's minds this week: "After Qaddafi, and after the National Transitional Council, what happens next in Libya?" The provocative subtitle: follows, "A post-Gaddafi Libya will see liberals, Islamists and secularists jostling for position with the largest grouping: nationalists":
The ousting of the Qaddafi clan and the collapse of their jamahiriya system, has left many feeling unsure about Libya's political future. After all, the National Transitional Council (NTC) is not a political party and won't exist beyond the first elections. Many of its members, being having been officials in Gaddafi's regime, are unlikely to seek executive political positions.
The systematic suppression of civil society and all forms of opposition by Gaddafi has also left the country weak and fragile. So who will dominate Libya's political scene in the coming years?
The political scene in Libya today comprises four broad camps: nationalists, liberals, Islamists and secularists, according to Noman Benotman, an analyst at the Quilliam Foundation who is also a former member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.
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