Gaddafi sons want transition team to replace their father
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
From Fazle Rashid
NEW YORK, Apr 04: Two of Gaddafi's sons are seeking a resolution to the Libyan political conflict pushing their father to the sidelines. Their proposals include end of Gaddafi rule and creation of a transition team that would usher-in constitutional democracy. Whether Gaddafi would agree to the move or not, is not yet clear. The western nations would not agree to a transition team to be headed by Gaddafi sons or by anyone close to the eccentric dictator. The United States is buying space for opposition to get organised. The US will not arm the rebels because their political antecedent is not clear. The United States which so long stood behind Yemen's beleaguered president Abdullah Saleh has made a turn-around and is now working behind the scenes to remove him. Thousands of pro-democracy activist in Syria came out to the streets chanting anti-Asad slogans. Bashar al-Asad sacked his cabinet and appointed Abdul Safar, agriculture minister in the previous government as the new Prime Minister. The government in Bahrain lifted a ban on opposition newspaper al-Wasat. The government had accused the paper of unethical reporting of uprising against the government. The government in Oman has released 57 pro-democracy activists in a move to calm the protesters. Protesters are demanding more jobs and greater political freedom. Agencies add: A Libyan envoy was in Europe Monday seeking to end the oil-producing country's bloody civil war that has become locked in a stalemate on the battlefield between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. Deputy Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, carrying a message that Gaddafi wants an end to the conflict between rag-tag rebels, who are backed by Western air strikes, and the army, is expected in Malta Tuesday.
NEW YORK, Apr 04: Two of Gaddafi's sons are seeking a resolution to the Libyan political conflict pushing their father to the sidelines. Their proposals include end of Gaddafi rule and creation of a transition team that would usher-in constitutional democracy. Whether Gaddafi would agree to the move or not, is not yet clear. The western nations would not agree to a transition team to be headed by Gaddafi sons or by anyone close to the eccentric dictator. The United States is buying space for opposition to get organised. The US will not arm the rebels because their political antecedent is not clear. The United States which so long stood behind Yemen's beleaguered president Abdullah Saleh has made a turn-around and is now working behind the scenes to remove him. Thousands of pro-democracy activist in Syria came out to the streets chanting anti-Asad slogans. Bashar al-Asad sacked his cabinet and appointed Abdul Safar, agriculture minister in the previous government as the new Prime Minister. The government in Bahrain lifted a ban on opposition newspaper al-Wasat. The government had accused the paper of unethical reporting of uprising against the government. The government in Oman has released 57 pro-democracy activists in a move to calm the protesters. Protesters are demanding more jobs and greater political freedom. Agencies add: A Libyan envoy was in Europe Monday seeking to end the oil-producing country's bloody civil war that has become locked in a stalemate on the battlefield between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. Deputy Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, carrying a message that Gaddafi wants an end to the conflict between rag-tag rebels, who are backed by Western air strikes, and the army, is expected in Malta Tuesday.