East Libya Forms Council Crisis Committee
UPDATE -- National Libyan Council has now declared itself the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people; asking official recognition
UPDATE -- National Libyan Council has now declared Declaration of Establishment
URGENT -- : Paris has welcomed the National Council of Libya as the new representative of the country
International / Sunday, March 6, 2011 10:25 pm
Metrotvnews.com, Benghazi: Libya's National Council, based in the eastern part of the country controlled by demonstrators on Saturday (5 / 3) yesterday, forming a "crisis committee" with three members to deal with military issues and foreign.The board also said they would keep the uprising against the government Moamar Khaddafi, but insists it is not a caretaker government. They also wanted to move the headquarters from the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya to Tripoli, although the capital is still controlled by troops Khaddafi. The council's repeated demand for foreign air strikes to help repel a man who has ruled for 41 years and has used warplanes and helicopters against demonstrators. They hire mercenaries accused Khaddafi Africa. Professor of political science Fathi Steel, February 17 members of the rebel coalition based in Benghazi explained, "The committee will raise people's expectations because they chose a name that is very strong. Also, they reflect the balance because it comes from a place and a different tribe. "
The Board has appointed Omar Hariri, one of the officers who took part in a 1969 coup led Khaddafi but later imprisoned, as a military leader. Ali Essawi, former ambassador to India who resigned last month, will lead the foreign affairs.Mahmoud Jibril involved in the project "Vision Libya" with a number of other intellectuals before the uprising to establish a democratic state, will lead the crisis committee. Other new members include dissidents who during the reign of Ahmed Zoubeir Khaddafi have spent more time in jail than prison term African leader Nelson Mandela is 28 years, and also Selwa Adrilli, Fathi Fathi Terbil and Steel. When talking to the press conference, national council leader, former justice minister Abdel Jalil Mustafa, said the agency does not want foreign troops in Libya and the mainland have enough troops to liberate the country. "There is a feeling on the streets that if Khaddafi may exert an outsider to fight for them, then why can not we?," He told Reuters.
