The Communist Party of Malta said that it is shameful that those countries that incited a civil war in Libya to overthrow the Gaddafi regime, are today indifferent with regard the protection of human life in Libya.

Many people of African nationalities and Libyans are being imprisoned and tortured, according to the international Organisation, ‘Doctors without borders’, working on humanitarian grounds.  

The Party reiterates that “it is ironic how those countries that claim to be the ‘saviours of democracy’ are today signing oil and trade contracts with the Libyan Transitional Council, while these crimes against humanity are being committed. The Party fears that what is happening in Iraq, will happen in Libya with the imperialist policy of ‘divide and rule’.

The Communist Party therefore calls upon the Maltese Government to take a clear position on the situation in Libya.

Victor Degiovanni

Secretary

Communist Party of Malta