New operation exposes rifts within GNA

The Ministry of Defense of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has expressed reservations to a planned operation by Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha to crackdown on human, arms and drug traffickers.
Opposition
by the ministry exposes deep rifts within the GNA.
Codenamed
"Snake hunting", the operation would aim to tighten the noose around
organized crime and human trafficking. The operation would be carried out by
the Interior Ministry in collaboration with different military formations in
western Libya and with support from the international community.
Preparations
for the operations have already started.
However,
the Ministry of Defense said in a statement that none of the commanders of the
different military zones in Libyan capital Tripoli or in western Libya was
informed about the operation.
It
called for prior coordination with it before the launch of the operation to
ensure its success.
Some
of the military commanders do not also welcome the new operation, including the
commander of Joint Operations Osama Guweili who called in a statement for
addressing some issues before the start of the operation.
Cooperation
between the different security agencies and the Ministry of Justice is a matter
of extreme importance, Guweili wrote in the statement.
Some
observers believe, meanwhile, that the objection of the Ministry of Defense to
the operation falls within ongoing rivalry between Defense Minister Salaheddine
al-Namroush and Bashagha.
Al-Mamroush
tries to prove himself the ultimate strongman of western Libya, the observers
said.
He
is also afraid that the operation would trim the power of the militias that
hail of Zawya, they added.