Selling oil across Libya

Chapter 69 Strength is everything

Jalil's role in overthrowing the colonel's rule cannot compensate for the damage caused to Libya by his call for NATO military action.

Jalil's incompetence in dealing with Royal Dutch Shell and Total completely eroded Qin Rui's trust.

Even without Fatah Mukhtar, Qin Rui would choose someone else to replace Jalil.

Fatah Mukhtar's work has been very effective.

Following Yuri's instructions, Fatah Mukhtar neither copied the European and American judicial systems wholesale nor imitated the interim government's restoration of so-called "traditions." Instead, based on the actual situation in Libya, he completely abolished the judicial standards of the Colonel's era and established a legal system for Libya.

During the Colonel's era, Libya's legal system was extremely chaotic, with both Islamic law and the 1977 Declaration of People's Rights, as well as the Green Book, published based on his own "Third World Theory," which also had practical legal effect.

At that time in Libya, the Revolutionary Council could arrest and execute Libyans at will.

Special courts, such as revolutionary courts, usually supersede ordinary courts.

Although the People's Republic of Libya, established by the colonel, was nominally ruled by a council, in reality the colonel held absolute power.

The first thing the new government did was to change the name of Libya to "State of Libya". Its highest authority was the Libyan National Assembly, and Fatah Mukhtar served as the president of Libya for a five-year term.

After Mukhtar was elected president of Libya, he appointed Yuri as the first chief minister of Libya to lead the Libyan government.

With the establishment of the new government, the Numidian Brigade was officially renamed the Libyan National Army, and Musa, with the rank of Marshal of the Libyan National Army, was appointed by Yuri as the Minister of Defense of Libya.

Qin Rui was no longer a translator, but served as Yuri's special assistant.

"Mr. Qin, how should I address you from now on, Assistant Qin?"

Ding Jian's congratulatory gift to Qin Rui for his inauguration was a painting with the inscription "Great Ambitions Await".

"Whatever, you can call me Lao Qin."

Qin Rui didn't care.

"Then let's keep Mr. Qin."

Ding Jian rented an apartment in the neighborhood next to Qin Rui's and became Qin Rui's neighbor.

The houses in Qinrui Community are neither for sale nor for rent.

Now that a new government has been established, international organizations that had previously criticized Libya have returned to the country, hoping that Libya will rejoin the international community.

Yuri ignored this and, apart from retaining his seat in the United Nations, refused to join any international organizations.

Even countries that wanted to restore diplomatic relations with Libya were selective in which Yuri did so.

Libya lacked sufficient diplomats, and only three countries restored diplomatic relations in the first batch: the United States, Italy, and East Asia.

Qin Rui did not exchange diplomats from the system, but randomly selected three people from the blank soldiers and sent them to the three countries as ambassadors.

Yuri didn't care; he was just a messenger and didn't need much diplomatic skill.

The new government's first executive order was a complete ban on guns throughout Libya.

During the civil war, a large number of weapons flowed into the Libyan civilian population and completely spiraled out of control.

The new government is buying up civilian weapons for $100 each, with a one-month deadline.

One month later, those found illegally possessing firearms will be severely punished in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

The second executive order was to confiscate the satellite receivers.

Libyan civilians possess a large number of satellite receivers used to receive foreign television signals.

The European and American television stations, led by Bobo and Abobo, played a key role in overthrowing the colonel's rule.

Unsurprisingly, this order was met with criticism from the international community once again.

"See, this is the consequence of unchecked power;"

Libya is now under an even more authoritarian rule than before. Libyans are suffering and crying out in agony, but their weapons have been confiscated, leaving them powerless to resist and at the mercy of others.

In a program hosted by Boboci, Magariaf once again criticized the new Libyan government for its "retrograde actions."

"Newly elected French President Hollande claimed in an interview that he would take effective measures to strengthen the protection of refugee camps."

During the program, the host continued to incite Libyans to flee.

As Qin Rui looked at the clean and bright refugee camps in the news, a thought suddenly struck him.

In the French presidential election that concluded a week ago, Hollande defeated Sarkozy to become the new French president.

During his campaign, Hollande promised that if elected president of France, he would clean up the refugee camps in France and repatriate refugees who had entered France illegally to their countries of origin.

This was welcomed by some French people.

However, this also sparked opposition from some French people.

These French people believe that since refugees have traveled thousands of miles to France, France has an obligation to create better living conditions for them so that they can settle down in France and avoid retaliation from local governments after being deported.

France has not only refugees from Libya, but also a large number of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa.

In protest against Hollande's immigration policies, a massive demonstration involving more than 20 people erupted in Paris.

Out of desperation, Olanger changed course and introduced policies to improve the environmental conditions in refugee camps.

In an effort to incite Libyans to flee, Bobozi broadcast numerous news clips of charitable organizations distributing supplies in refugee camps.

When Qin Rui saw a "minor" with a full beard wearing new clothes expressing his gratitude to Boboci's camera, he suddenly realized that keeping Boboci wasn't so bad.

As a civilized nation, how can Libya prevent its people from seeking refuge in the free country they dream of?

The new government's premise for banning guns is that the Libyan National Army is confident in providing a safe, stable, and unthreatened living environment for all Libyans.

Libya's media system suffered heavy losses in the civil war, almost being wiped out.

Aside from a single half-hour news program, Tripoli TV relies on movies and sports shows to fill its programming time.

Since the new government is currently unable to provide Libyans with sufficient spiritual nourishment, it is still necessary to retain Boboci.

Yuri didn't care.

Mukhtar strongly opposed it.

"We cannot allow Bobo to continue his unbridled slander and fabrication on news programs. This would cause irreparable damage to Libya's international image and the prestige of the new government in the hearts of Libyans."

Mukhtar not only demanded the confiscation of satellite receivers, but also hoped to retaliate against Bobts.

"This generation of Libyans cannot build Libya into a beautiful and prosperous country; we can only place our hopes on the next generation of Libyans."

In Yuri's view, population is not a resource, but a burden.

"No! We can't do this!"

Mukhtar was furious.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Rui invited Mukhtar to visit the Xishan factory.

Now that Mukhtar is the new president, he should be made aware of the current strength of Libya.