Libya today is clearly not a breeding ground for a successful military coup since a coup seizes to control one power center yet Libya enjoys multiple power centers that are impossible to control because of their independence and variety.

Libya today is clearly not a breeding ground for a successful military coup since a coup seizes to control one power center yet Libya enjoys multiple power centers that are impossible to control because of their independence and variety.

It is not possible to dominate the government’s head or ministries or the General National Congress (GNC) since those who would form a coup would be threatened by other power centers that would act against them, driven by national or party motives; they would not be able even to control independent cities. Thus, a coup represents physical and political suicide and sheer stupidity.

However, the seriousness of the status quo comes from inexperienced Libyan politicians who would occasionally simulate former political experiences to topple the government and consequently be involved in intrigues they deemed legitimate, in order to achieve political gains and exclude their opponents, notwithstanding the sensitivity of the Libyan condition that is not adequate for advanced political competition. Only stupid politicians would be dancing a minefield, and unfortunately, inexperienced Libyan politicians would do that since most of them lack the intuitive talent of estimation.

The Libyan revolution forced the rebels to carry arms that soon acquired legitimacy, which was deeply rooted in the politicians’ culture to the extent of exploiting armed groups to achieve political gains, thus transforming the political conflict into an armed one, a move that had paved the way for the majority of the civil wars.

Since the revolution, many efforts have been exerted to oust elected legitimacies such as elected local city councils. Some of these attempts have succeeded in cooperation with political lobbies inside cities, the government and the GNC, thus questioning the elections’ feasibility and results and raising political differences throughout the power pyramid and also in cities and villages.

However, arming these attempts increases their risk, which is even aggravated with the existence of election candidates who have failed to win any political position and aspire to come to power using even undemocratic methods by fueling the conflict and increasing tense and verbal violence amongst political opponents and armed and unarmed groups.

He who aspires to transform the political conflict into an armed one in a country conducive to fighting, undergoing a democratic transformation, and governed by an elected government, using the simpleminded who believe they stand at the side of the truth, is in fact trading-in the country’s future. To all politicians who believe they are achieving party gains without considering the consequences, I advise you not to dance in this minefield; mines are blind and Libya is far more precious than us and our revolution.