The first political party has been declared in Libya. The party is called "The New Libyan Party" and was founded by a Libyan expatriate, Ramadan Ben Amer whose a petrochemical engineer living in the UAE and was educated in California. The party already has 2,000 members and has wide support from the Libyan diaspora, especially in the US, UK and Australia. The party envisions Libya as a federal democracy ala the United States, he wants cancellation of all taxes. The party also wants a complete reform of the oil and alternative energy sector. The party also encourages the participation of women and youth in society, aims to protect minorities and wishes to end the role of tribes in political life as they are a social entity and should not be treated as a political one. Ramadan also argues that while Libya is 99% muslim country, it should be a secular state.
In the next few weeks it is expected that a few other parties will be established.
I never thought the day would come when we'd have elections, political parties, freedom of speech