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| Col Gaddafi |
LIBYA, April 10, 2011: Colonel Gaddafi, the leader of Libya agreed for a cease-fire with his rebels under the “road map to peace”, as suggested by African Union.
The road map was basically called on three things, immediate cease-fire, open channels for humanitarian and talks between the rebels and government.
Delegation of African leaders who include Jacob Zuma, the South African president and Denis Sassou Nguesso from Conglo had arrived in Tripoli to try to persuade Gaddafi to halt the violence.
Earlier, there was an attack launched by Nato which destroyed 11 Gaddafi tanks in Ajdabiya and 14 in Misurata. It is much boosted the rebel fighters and brings about the meeting among the African leaders.
Besides, Nato also targeted on ammunition bunkers and lines of communications held by Gaddafi’s forces.
Mustafa Abdulrahman, a rebel spokesman said, “I have to say that the Nato forces have changed since yesterday, we are sensing a positive change.”
Colonel Gaddafi had been the leader of Libya for 42 years after the overthrown of King Idris in September 1, 1969.
He is practicing nepotism where he placed his relatives and loyal members of his tribe in central military and government positions as well as marginalized his rivals.
On February 15, 2011, a group of rebels who composed of teachers, students, lawyers, oil workers and so on started a series of protest to depose Gaddafi and call for democratic elections.
However, Gaddafi had shut down all Internet communication and arrest Libyan who had given phone interview to media. International journalists who attempted to cover the events were also being attacked by Gaddafi’s forces.
He also accused Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda is distributing hallucinogenic drugs in drinks and pills to influence the opponents.
“It is normal scene to rebel.”
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| Afi Roshezry |
KAMPAR, April 11, 2011: Afi Roshezry pointed out several reasons for Libyan’s rebellion and saying that “It is a normal scene.”
Afi, Head of Department of Journalism in UTAR whom major in political science said that Libya is a very different situation from Malaysia, which Gaddafi is an authoritarian leader.
“He is just like the Saddam Hussein or Mubarak, Gaddafi is the only one who controls, it’s normal to see revolution by the people who had been suppressed over 40 years,” he said.
He furthered that Libya is actually a very rich country as it is the biggest oil exportation country in the world. Yet, the country development are slow in their pace.
“Democracy is not allowed and there is no place to voice opinion.” Afi stated the reasons for the rebellion.
Asked if the rebels in Libya can be success, he said, “With the Western help like UN and Nato, they can.”
However, he added that democracy take years to achieve, the outcome cannot be seen within only one or two years.
