The decrees followed the announcement hours earlier by Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord that it had suspended its interior minister after militia gunmen fired on peaceful demonstrators last week.
Haddad hails from Misrata, 200 kilometres east of Tripoli, the home of powerful armed groups that have fought on the side of the GNA in the battle against eastern-based military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who tried to seize the capital last year. Hundreds of demonstrators staged rallies from Sunday in Tripoli against corruption and extended shortages of power, water and fuel in the oil-rich North African country. Gunmen fired on crowds on several occasions.
Bashagha, who was visiting the GNA’s main backer Turkey, said in a statement posted on the interior ministry’s Facebook page early on Saturday that he was ready to submit to an investigation.Upon his return to Tripoli on Saturday evening, Bashagha told a crowd of supporters at the Mitiga airport: “I am ready to be questioned. I have nothing to hide.”
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