Two oil terminals in east Libya were forced to halt production Thursday by federalism backers, local sources said.
Two oil terminals in east Libya were forced to halt production Thursday
by federalism backers, local sources said.
"The harbor is closed...The pumping and loading of oil has been
stopped...The group that came were federalists," said Tumi Shakari, a
supervisor at a major oil terminal in the port town of Ras Lanuf.
The action follows threats from a pro-federalism movement to boycott and
sabotage the upcoming July 7 poll, which marks the first elections after a 2011
popular uprising toppled the regime of Moammar Gadhafi.
"A group of 15 people came around 9:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) and in a very
peaceful and amicable manner asked us to shut down operations," the
supervisor added.
"This group has certain demands that they want to see fulfilled and they
have asked us to stop our work for 48 hours," he continued, adding that
workers had decided to comply to avoid an "escalation."
One of the central demands of the federalist movement is an equal allocation of
seats in the 200-member national assembly due to be elected Saturday.
The interim authorities, on the basis of demographic considerations, allocated
100 seats to the west, 60 to the east and 40 to the south.
Ibrahim al Jadhran, a protest leader, said demonstrators had also shut the port
of Al-Sidra, 35 kilometers west of Ras Lanuf, and were heading east-bound to
the oil terminal of Brega.
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