Gaddafi-era officials Banned from Politics

{{Libya’s parliament has passed a law banning officials from the Gaddafi era from holding political office.}}

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.

Both Mr Zeidan and GNC speaker Mohamed Megaryef were diplomats before the revolution.

Human rights groups say the measure is too sweeping.

“This law is far too vague – potentially barring anyone who ever worked for the authorities during the four decades of Gaddafi’s rule,” Human Rights Watch’s Sarah Leah Whitson said in a statement on Saturday.