The member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and former Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee Fathallah Al-Saiti blamed all Libyan authorities, especially the HoR, for the killing of 36 people in Al-Abyar, eastern Benghazi.
Al-Saiti called on the HoR members to take up their responsibility and to hold a full quorum session to review the critical issues in the country and to straighten up the path of the HoR, which he said has been almost nonoperational in the last period, adding that they should hold violators accountable for their actions, whether they are civilian or military.
He also denounced the extrajudicial executions, calling on the HoR to probe the violations and bring the perpetrators to justice, blaming as well the Interior Ministry and military leaders for the slaughter.
"Some of the killed persons in Al-Abyar were shown on Libya Al-Hadath TV Channel in confession videos, so the channel and its owners should be also investigated. They are partners in the crime as they displayed the persons' confessions on their channel." the HoR member added.
He indicated that the executive authorities in Libya should order the shutdown of the TV Channel and bring the owners and administrators to justice as they were involved in displaying the persons before they were killed and tossed on by the roadside in eastern Benghazi, explaining that justice must be served no matter who the violator is.
"There should not be extrajudicial killings in the country regardless of the crime committed by the criminal. All punishments must be through the judiciary system.
36 bodies were found in Al-Abyar in eastern Benghazi and among the victims were prisoners in Haftar's jails.
Pro-Haftar TV Channel, Al-Hadath, aired confessions for those prisoners while they were under interrogation.
