Tripoli – Arabstoday
The Head of Crisis Management Unit at the Libya's National Transitional Council, Abdel Nasser Shamata, stated that an Islamist victory in the coming legislative elections was “possible”. Shamata said he saw nothing wrong with the idea that Libyan Islamists may be the “racehorse during the elections, which are the first to be held since toppling Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, to repeat the same scenario that took place in Tunisia, Egypt, and Morocco.” “There is no justification for the phobia of Islamists coming to power, all Arab countries tried socialists and capitalists and liberals and seculars, why not try Islamists and evaluate afterwards?” he stated. According to Athe l-Islam website, he stated that there were no disputes with regard to Islamic Sharia law, which all parties in Libya agreed on. Shamata also denied the existence of US troops at a Libyan base, saying that all there were a few security companies training police and military units.