London, May 6 (ANI): Libya's parliament has passed a law banning officials from the Gaddafi era from holding political office.
Under the new law, anyone who held a key official post between 1969 and 2011 is supposed to be excluded from government, reports the BBC.
A special commission will now be set up to implement the new law. It is not clear how long the exclusion will last.
The vote in the General National Congress (GNC) came a week after militias backing the law began besieging the ministries of justice and foreign affairs. They had said they would not leave until the bill was passed.
The law could affect senior members of the government, including Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and GNC speaker Mohamed Megaryef, both of who were diplomats before the revolution.
Human Rights Watch's Sarah Leah Whitson said in a statement that the law is far too vague - potentially barring anyone who ever worked for the authorities during the four decades of Gaddafi's rule.
In a vote broadcast live on state TV, 164 MPs supported the measure in the 200-member chamber and just four voted against. It required a two-thirds plus one majority to pass.
Since Gaddafi's death, Tripoli and other Libyan cities have been plagued by violence and infighting.
The government has recently tried to dismantle militias that formed during and after the war that toppled the long-serving leader. (ANI)
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