An international analyzer confirms what is reported in the statement of Dr. Saif al-Islam: Under political division There will be no agreement that guarantees the reconstruction of Derna
The chief Libyan analyst at the International Crisis Group, Claudia Gazzini, said that the city of Derna is still suffering despite 6 months having passed since the disaster, adding that in light of the political division there will be no agreement on a large budget to ensure the reconstruction of the affected areas.
She indicated during an intervention on Al-Masar TV that the question is not whether the pace of reconstruction is going slowly or quickly, but how this mechanism can continue in Derna and other affected cities, because she noticed some problems in their mechanism of work.
She explained that there is not yet a comprehensive plan for the reconstruction of Derna nor an integrated project on the future of the affected city or cities, adding that some citizens do not yet know what their city will look like in the future.
She pointed out that some of the residential buildings that were resorted to date back to the period of the martyr leader Muammar Gaddafi, and their construction has stopped since 2011, like the Korean buildings, and they are now thinking about exploiting them again.
She explained that this is the only project that she saw in Derna, and that I did not see any integrated project for its reconstruction nor a drawing of the city’s future shape, adding that the reconstruction of any country requires a very large budget, and what happens otherwise will be merely cosmetic matters and not real reconstruction.
She stressed that unifying the government is a very good thing, not only for the reconstruction of Derna, but for improving the condition of the country as a whole, continuing, “The residents of the city who suffered the effects of the disaster must participate in the future of their city and what it will look like.”
She stated that there must be an international investigation with the participation of Libyan experts to find out the truth about what happened in this disaster, and was surprised by not allowing any international expert to visit the dam area, and preventing them from arriving even though they came under the auspices of the United Nations.
She concluded by saying, “We have seen a lot of how the judiciary is being exploited for many political goals, and I do not question here the judiciary’s handling of the Derna case, but rather I question the goal that the judiciary will follow in its investigations into the case.”
