The former Libyan representative to the United Nations, Abdel Rahman Shalgham, confirmed that the military solution in the country has become rejected by the militants before ordinary citizens, and that the international community in turn, amid the current circumstances, rejects any tendency to arms, whether from neighboring countries or distant intervening parties.
In an interview with Al-Sharq TV Channel, Shalgham expressed his optimism for what is happening in Libya at present, and said that “the political dispute led the conflict now to be armed on the negotiating table,” referring in his speech to the developments of the Libyan scene, through Egypt’s negotiations on finding a constitutional basis and amending Article 12, pointing out that having two governments in the country is nothing new to Libya, and he expected in this regard that it will take some time, “but in the end there will be a political solution.”
Shalgham considered that the current Libyan problem revolves around the constitutional basis, the form of the state, the system of government that governs, and he reiterated that “these problems take a long time until they are resolved,” explaining that Advisor Stephanie Williams understands the Libyan situation well and is proceeding calmly.
He concluded by recalling that the 20th century witnessed more than 45 civil wars, 40 of which ended in negotiations, pointing out in particular that “the problem in Libya was domination, and this option has fallen now.”
Libya, as he sees it, “is a regime that collapsed in 2011 and the country entered into confrontations as it did not reach a solution, and the result was dead, sick, amputated people as well as displaced people, and everyone is now in the midst of a political dispute.”
