06 February 2019
"The Interior Minister of the Presidential Council, Fathi Bashagha, said there are armed groups and forces that are by name operating under the ministry, but in reality they are executing their own agendas away from the government's orders."
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See: Minister: Parallel forces under interior ministry dominating decision making in Tripoli (Libya Observer, link):
"In an interview with BBC Arabic, Bashagha said the parallel forces have some kind of hegemony in the decision making of the government in all fields, including politics, security and economy.
"We have now a parallel interior ministry in Tripoli." He remarked, saying they do own a very huge amount of money to run their operations."
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