ALBAWABA – Over the past three weeks, Libyans took over the streets across the south to protest the deteriorating living conditions, calling for forming independent administrative ruling over the south.
Protests sparked in several cities and villages in the south as Libyans demanded the government to provide them with decent living services and conditions.
Severe shortages of supply, fuel, and gas, and the complete absence of development projects in the face of continued infrastructure degradation were among the main conditions that prompted the protests.
Improving road networks, which are the lifeline linking desert southern regions to those on the north coast, has been a main demand of protestors since day one.
The protesters wanted to draw attention to the fact that the natural resources the south provides for the rest of the country, mainly oil-rich lands, are exploited and have been providing the state with limitless sources of income with no benefit to residents of the area.
They therefore called for the limitation of the oil sources they provide to the rest of the country, including the Sharara and ElFeel fields.
The protesters’ pressure has risen to the point of calling for the formation of an independent ruling across the south, separate from the Governments in the East and West of Libya, to reinforce access to natural resources within their areas. Libyans have accused the two governments of neglecting the living and service conditions in the south.
These are not the first protests that the South has witnessed in recent years, as they previously launched the Fazan Rage Movement in 2018, pressuring the limitation of the oil sources. However, no progress in the demands has been recorded yet, which led to the latest wave of protests.
