Tripoli, Dec 26 (ANI): Thousands of former rebels who helped oust slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi have been offered jobs in the military, the nation's interim Defence Minister has said.
"The programme aims at including the revolutionaries in many fields including defence," The Telegraph quoted Osama al-Juwali, as saying.The idea is to inject new blood in the army which was marginalised by the tyrant (Gaddafi)," said Juwali who was commander of the Zintan militia that captured Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam in November.
Libya's interim Interior Minister Fawzi Abd al-All also said that the rebels were also invited to take up positions in the 'understaffed' interior ministry.
He said they could also apply for civilian jobs in government offices through the ministry of Labour.
Juwali said it would take a month to register and allocate rebels to the military, police and other civilian posts, and months before they were trained to guard borders and installations, including oilfields and refineries, now held by rival militias.
"Everyone is allowed to join the special forces, the navy and others. Talks were being held with a number of countries to train rebels inside and outside Libya for the military, he added.
Juwali added that he was not concerned about occasional skirmishes among rebel factions and that he was continuously in contact with most of the rebel leaders.
"I am not worried about the revolutionaries. The revolutionaries ask me every day when can they hand in their weapons and ammunition, but I tell them to wait until we have the facilities to store them," the paper quoted him, as saying. (ANI)
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