US-backed Occupied Libya: Putting Lipstick on a Frog

Farirai Chubvu 

Zimbabwe Herald

Elections to choose a new General National Congress in Libya are an attempt to provide a “democratic” facade for an authoritarian and undemocratic government, subservient to the interests of the major Western powers, corporations and banks.

The Nato-installed National Transitional Council ensured that candidacy was restricted to a relatively small layer approved by the Electoral Commission.