Libya flood: politician says there have been failures 'by all'
Leader of Libya's Taghyeer Party says 鈥渢he magnitude and level of the disaster and the catastrophe have made Libyans come together and rise above all their differences鈥�.
A politician in Libya says the magnitude of the floods triggered by Storm Daniel has bought the divided nation together.
After the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the country has mainly been governed by two rival administrations, one in Tripoli, in the west and the other in Tobruk, in the east.
Guma El-Gamaty heads the Taghyeer Party in Libya. He told Newsday: 鈥淭he failure is by all鈥t鈥檚 a failure of all central governments, all national governments and all institutions over the last 12 years and even the failure of local authorities over the last few days when they failed to warn the people, they failed to anticipate this and instead of asking people to evacuate, they told them to stay put inside their houses.鈥�
However, he added that this is not a moment for blame: 鈥淭he magnitude and the level of the disaster and the catastrophe made Libyans come together and rise above all their differences and their polarisations鈥his transcends all differences we have鈥his is the spirit now. This is the mood of the whole of the Libyan population.鈥�
(Picture: Shows an aerial view of Derna city, in the aftermath of the floods. Credit: Ayman Al-Sahili for Reuters.)
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