Civil War in Libya, 2011.

REACTION PAPER - MIDTERMS

Ching Christian Garay

MWF-10 to 11am.

The civil war in Libya started last February 15, 2011. Gaddafi was known to be the world's longest dictator ruling libya for almost 4 decades. He showed Libya that his power would rule and his regimen will remain on to his hands, dictating people and slowly destroying the government that the people in libya has always been hoping for. he strategically analyzed rank by rank, position by position, clustures by clusters of the government in his own side. His leadership for almost 4 decades made the people in Libya, realize that his ruling is a decentralized. it is to identify something such as a political power that is shifted from a upper authority of the government into a less central place or to be seen or recognized on his own way, that people would follow his lead and he would never be re0placed.The country was run by people’s committee that served as the legal government’s subdivisions. United States quoted Gaddafi as “mastery of tactical manoeuvring”. He placed his relatives and loyal members of his clan in Central Military and other government positions then he carefully marginalized supporters and his rivals and maintaining the balance of powers and the stability of economic environment and its developments.  We all know that Libya is one of the major producer and importer of oil in the state, his success in joined with his issues with corruption. because of the said war, the countries economic growth has become a downfall, investors would never dare to invest for even the capital city city of Libya, which is Tripoli has also been ransacked by rebels and now investors, consumers and others cannot emerged into export or import and buy their consumptions because of war.  In the recent civil war, almost 1500 libyan people were found dead. The country suffered a lot from Gaddafi’s regimen. It only shows how powerful the Longest Deictator in the whole world that even he can control the people’s decision and despite of all the riots and people power have experience he would always to remain in power. Last August 22, 2011, it has been said that his son was surrendered and captured. these allegations was untrue his son said. stating that his father or even him would never go down in power as what the people in libya wants for they believed that their power would remain for a long period of time. 

In my own opinion, this really affected the country's economic growth, for when the civil war arises to its peak, businesses would not dare to open their firms for the streets are full of violence and war, investors would not invest in their country for it is not a safe place for businesses. consumers, workers, employees and other organizational stakeholders would be forced to hide from a safe place for protection and others may be forced to join the war in order to end the regimen and it provides them food and other daily livings. In our country, we would be greatly affected because we have OFW's. it was shown in the television show-news, TV patrol that OFW's in libya, was trapped in a parish church and wants to go back to the phillipines. They wouldn't be able to sustain their families here, their needs and wants. how can they be able to invest in their wages when in the streets it is full of chaos, blood and war. we all know that they are just victims of this, but a full plan action is highly recommended.