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Friday, September 2, 2011

Libya: Elections planned in 20 months


The new authorities in Libya, a strong financial and political support internationally, announced Friday a general election within 20 months, ignoring the threats of the deposed president fled Gaddafi who always wants to fight.
In an effort to reorganize the deployment of its forces, the National Transitional Council (CNT), resulting from the rebellion, called on rebel province present in Tripoli to return home after taking control of the capital on August 23 forces of the former regime.
But it still maintains troops in some parts of the country, particularly in Sirte, one of his last great bastions. The fall in the region of origin of Muammar Gaddafi, 360 km east of Tripoli is one of the major objectives of the staff of the CNT, which controls most of the country.
However, to give a chance for negotiations with the tribes on a surrender of the city, it has extended its ultimatum of one week, until September 10, leaving supporters of Kadhafi to visit.
"We have established a clear roadmap with a transition period of 20 months," said the representative in Britain of the CNT, Guma Al-Gamaty, following the decision of the UN and major powers to unlock $ 15 billion to help the CNT to rebuild the country ravaged by more than six months of conflict. "For eight months, the CNT Libya before a lead assembly elected by the people" do not take control of the country to draft a Constitution, "after a year of elections will be held (...)," , he said the BBC.
Although fighting continued sporadically with pro-Gaddafi, "to the extent that Tripoli is stabilized and secure, which is almost the case now, and most other cities are also the Libyans can begin the process of transition, "he said.
Muammar Gaddafi "is hidden, it is isolated," he added. It is "only a matter of time before it is stopped, unless it is killed if he resisted."
The former strongman of the country has still not yet said its last word in two audio messages broadcast yesterday by the string 'Arrai', he said he wanted to launch a "guerrilla", excluding completely surrender.
"Get ready for a war of gangs and guerrillas in urban warfare, and popular resistance in each city (...) to defeat the enemy everywhere," he said in a message Thursday night and where his voice seemed calm and collected compared to the tone of his speeches usually inflamed.
"The goal is to kill the enemy wherever he is, whether Libya or abroad," said Gaddafi, hunted by rebels since the fall of his headquarters in Tripoli on August 23. He accused the countries participating in NATO operations of "wanting to colonize Libya, and get their hands on its oil resources." "We will never allow our wells and our ports are under their control."
But for the "Minister" of the interior of the CNT, Ahmed Darrat, this is a call "desperate and miserable," "Revolution (with) won."
Paris, London and NATO have nevertheless argued that international military operations would continue as long as Muammar Qadhafi remains a threat.
At a conference of the Friends of Libya on Thursday in Paris, the UN and major powers have developed a roadmap for the CNT, immediately releasing $ 15 billion against the promise of democracy and reconciliation.
"The money diverted by Gaddafi and his family must return to the Libyans. We are all committed to release money from Libya yesterday to finance the development of Libya today, "said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, about a jackpot estimated at more than $ 50 billion .
The European Union has in turn lifted its sanctions against 28 "economic entities"-Libyan ports and energy companies and banking sectors, to help restart the economy.
And the Security Council of the UN could adopt a resolution next week that would lift some sanctions, according to a diplomat.
But financial and political support has a counterparty. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on leaders of the "new Libya" to "combat extremism," as doubts emerged about some of its members found to be close to the Islamists or Al Qaeda.
"To say that there are armed extremists in Libya, Gaddafi is to repeat that said," replied Darrat.
The President of the CNT, Moustapha Abdeljalil, now in Paris, sought reassurance: "I have a message for the Libyan people: we bet on you and the international community has bet on you. Everything is in your hands to achieve what we promised: stability, peace and reconciliation. "
If more than sixty countries, including Russia reluctant until now to do the CNT-recognized as "legitimate representative" of the Libyan people, the African Union said he expected "the end of hostilities" to tell.

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