Thursday, April 14, 2011

Libya: Allies divided the insurgents in search of legitimacy

Seeking legitimacy, unable to move forward on the ground against the forces of Colonel Gaddafi, and while the action of NATO is increasingly criticized the Libyan rebels claimed Wednesday, April 13 more active support of the community International. To obtain this assistance - weapons and money - the National Transitional Council (CNT), the self-proclaimed government, which controls the east, trying to convince the international community that it is the sole representative legitimate.

Already present at the meeting in London on March 29, although not on the family photo, the CNT was invited to the Wednesday meeting in Doha of the Contact Group which is considering a solution to the Libyan crisis, this time in plenary. Its president, Mustafa Abdeljalil, is then expected in Rome on Friday.

This flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at establishing international stature of the CNT as a legitimate Libyan government instead of one of Gaddafi. Only three countries - France, Italy and Qatar - have now taken this decision. CNT, unidentified Surgi the political vacuum inherited 42 years of dictatorship, the CNT is an ad hoc institution established to give a face to the insurgency.

He still suffers from an obvious lack of legitimacy, both in Libya on the international stage. The opposition to Gaddafi, composed of academics, journalists and defenders of human rights persecution for four decades, was essentially in exile, fragmented or imprisoned in Libya. The CNT is a patchwork of different political groupings in Libya, said Said Haddad, associate researcher at the Institute for Research and Studies on the Arab and Muslim world and an expert on Libya.

Included are quietist Muslims, could be integrated into the political game, nationalists, intellectuals, human rights, nostalgic of Idris I, by the young captain Gaddafi in 1969, which are aggregate from former bosses of the regime who defected in the early hours of the insurrection. The President of the CNT, Mustafa Abdeljalil, is himself a former faithful Guide.

President of the Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence of the Bulgarian nurses, he was appointed Minister of Justice in 2007 for services rendered. Abdelfatah Younis, his military commander, for his part was interior minister. Other former followers of the Guide have however been rejected by the insurgents because of their rallying too late.

This is the case of Musa Kusa, the former Libyan foreign minister, who defected to London on March 30. Preparing for post-Qadhafi The contact group on Wednesday urged a departure from Muammar Gaddafi, as the communiqué from their meeting in Doha. The contact group also states wish to move towards "a cease-fire" conditional withdrawal of troops from the Libyan leader "cities that have been invaded," said the head of French diplomacy, Alain Juppe .

The coalition thus takes on his own claims of CNT, which is considered the precursor of a Libyan Parliament capable of leading the country's democratic transition. The Council is currently composed of 31 members, of which only one third is known, officially for security reasons, some living in areas controlled Gaddafi.

Tuesday, the Foreign Ministers of the European Union have received for the first time in Luxembourg representative of the CNT. Mahmoud Jibril presented them with a transition plan provides for a democratic constitution and elections soon Muammar Gaddafi party. Money and weapons if they are already planning the post-Qadhafi, calling the insurgents for hours of weapons to countries that have recognized the CNT, writes Mustafa Abdeljalil in an article published in the World .

"We presented a list of military equipment and technology we need," said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga Tuesday, official spokesman of the Council. But the coalition countries are divided on the issue. In Doha on Wednesday, Italy voted in favor of arming the rebels, like Qatar, but Belgium said he was not concerned.

Subject to interpretation since its vote, the UN resolution 1973 which authorized the use of force against Colonel Qaddafi is still at the heart of the discussions. For Rome, it does not supply arms to the rebels. For Brussels, it plans to protect civilians, not to arm them. The CNT is also hoped that his recognition will give him access to funds to Libya, now frozen by the United States (30 billion) and Britain and the availability of credit rates accorded to sovereign states.

It was partially heard, the Contact Group announced the creation of "a temporary financial mechanism" to provide the CNT "and the international community how to manage aid and urgent needs" areas controlled by rebels, according the statement. NATO criticized the coalition divided this issue of arming and financing the insurgency is more sensitive than the coalition is divided on the follow-up operations and the role of NATO.

Some coalition members fear that the war bogged down if Colonel Qaddafi is not ousted by force, while others are reluctant to leave the framework of resolution 1973. Following the rebels, who criticized "the slow pace of operations" military since the Atlantic Alliance has taken control March 31 in Paris and London in turn require a more forceful NATO and call on other countries involved in Libya to increase their participation in the military effort.

On Tuesday, Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, said that NATO was playing "not enough" role. "NATO has absolutely wanted to conduct this operation on the military. Well now, there is now (...). It is not acceptable Misrata can continue to be under fire from troops of bombing Gaddafi, "he said, repeating remarks he had already held on France Info.

Germany sounded a dissonant Wednesday in Doha, saying it saw "no military solution" in Libya. Berlin thus supports the Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who also reiterated Wednesday that there was "no military solution." Washington, which has been deliberately set back operations last week, expressed his confidence in the ability of NATO to conduct its operations.

Status quo on the ground of the controversy over the role of NATO is taking place against a backdrop of military stalemate between the forces of rebellion, which take the east, and units loyal to Colonel Qaddafi. According to Said Haddad, loyalist forces have lost what made their advantage early in the conflict - air strikes and tanks - but they have adapted to the NATO intervention: "The tanks are rarer, but Gaddafi are no longer locked into the urban fabric, which makes strikes.

They travel in civilian vehicles such as pickup, more mobile and difficult to identify. " The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that nearly 500 000 people have fled violence since the conflict began. The Secretary General of the UN estimates that nearly 3.6 million people may need international assistance.

The NLC said the fighting left 10 000 dead, 30,000 wounded and 20,000 missing. Le Monde. en

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