Zuwara, Mayor of Zuwara Municipality, Hafez bin Sassi, has announced his and people of Zuwara categorical rejection of Law 14 / 2010 to establish a free investment zone of a special nature called the Zuwara Development Zone – Ras Ajdir.

This came during his meeting, Sunday, at the municipality headquarters, with a representative of the movement of the people of Zuwara against Law No. 14 / 2010.

According to the official website of Zuwara Municipal Council, the mayor of the municipality affirmed during the meeting the municipal council’s commitment to continuing to demand the suspension of all executive procedures for this project and to ask the Parliament to cancel it, stressing his support for the popular movement against the law.

Mayor of the municipality called on all people to show solidarity and unite in order to abrogate what he described as the brokers ‘who seek to eliminate our land, our identity, our culture and our existence’ as he put it.

It is noteworthy that Law No. 14 was issued in 2010 to establish the Zuwara Development Zone – Ras Jadir and some other areas.

Article one of first chapter on establishment of the zone, its objectives and its management of this law stipulates that a free investment zone of a special nature shall be established in accordance with the provisions of this law, called the Zuwara Development Zone – Ras Ajdir.

Source: Libyan News Agency