Al-Amin warns of a whole school year being lost
LIBYA – Presidential candidate Fadil Al-Amin has criticised the idea of cancelling the school year in Libya instead of addressing the causes of the crisis, arguing that the country’s future is at risk because of what he described as the neglect of education and health.
In a post on his Facebook page, Al-Amin asked whether Libyans would allow a whole year of their children’s and grandchildren’s lives to be lost, and whether things had reached this level of recklessness and indifference.
Health, education and the authorities’ responsibility
He stressed that the health and education sectors are the foundation for building good and active citizens, describing neglect of them as “an unforgivable crime and high treason against the nation and the citizen”.
Al-Amin argued that Libya suffers less from a shortage of money than from an absence of responsible leadership and competent management, saying that the teachers’ strike and the protest by health workers reveal, in his view, the failure of the de facto authorities to carry out their most basic duties despite holding the money and the power of decision.
He pointed to the disruption of schooling, the build-up of unpaid financial entitlements and the threat to health services, and accused officials of clinging to power and shirking responsibility, stressing that division and promises do not justify failure.
He called for those who dispose of public funds and deprive citizens of their rights and services to be held to account, concluding that power is not spoils, that Libya is not hostage to officials staying in office, and that whoever is unable to lead and manage must step down.
