Libyans vote amid protests

by admin
Jul 6, 2012
Libyans cast their votes on Saturday in their first election in over 40 years.

However, voting was disrupted in eastern cities such as Ajdabiya, after protesters attacked polling stations and burned voting booths. Protesters fear that the new 200-member congress will favour those from the west, around Tripoli, and give them undue influence over the constitution.

Officials at the Transitional National Council have vowed to continue with the election regardless, and step down once a new congress has appointed a prime minister.

Libyan diaspora have been voting since earlier this week in six countries across the world.

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