A public opinion poll conducted by the Libyan Center for Policy Monitoring revealed that the majority of respondents view Fathi Terbil as a “fickle and unprincipled” political figure who exploited public sympathy over a humanitarian cause to climb the ranks of power, only to later abandon the very slogans he once championed at the start of the revolution.
According to respondents, Terbil has never maintained a clear or consistent stance during Libya’s critical turning points. Instead, he has consistently aligned himself with whatever serves his personal interests — from his role in the first transitional government, to fleeing Benghazi at the onset of Operation Dignity, and eventually accepting a new position under Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s government, which many accuse of aligning with remnants of the former regime.
The survey concluded that Terbil is merely a seasonal politician who lacks conviction and cannot be trusted with any serious national project. Participants described him as someone who follows his own personal compass rather than a national one — a living example of the opportunism that has plagued many post-revolution figures.
