[9] Two NFA deputies were subsequently removed from the GNC by the integrity commission due to them having served as officials under the Gaddafi regime.

[6] It has pledged to run the country as a "civil democratic" state, which respects minority groups, non-Muslims and foreigners.

Jibril denied the classification of the NFA as liberal, but stressed its heterogeneous composition and moderate positioning.

[6] A study by the German Institute for International and Security Affairs claims that "while perceived by some observers as 'liberal,' Mahmoud Jibril’s National Forces Alliance is in fact an unideological rallying point for parts of the establishment.

"The study further explains that what NFA deputies "have in common is belonging to an economically privileged class and prominent families.

The study argues that "The Alliance can best be understood as an unideological electoral coalition of those parts of the elites that remained in Libya during the Gaddafi era, and for this reason had to find some kind of accommodation with the regime.

It backs the idea of introducing minimum wage and expanding the Libyan social security system.

[14] On foreign policy, NFA secretary-general Krekshi said, "Definitely, we will be more open to cooperation with those countries who supported us in the revolution, but we will also deal with Russia and China as an interest of the state.