U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday Muammar Gaddafi’s rule was showing signs of collapse and called on the Libyan leader to relinquish power to avoid further casualties.
“Tonight, the momentum against the Gaddafi regime has reached a tipping point. Tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant. The Gaddafi regime is showing signs of collapsing. The people of Libya are showing that the universal pursuit of dignity and freedom is far stronger than the iron fist of a dictator”
“The surest way for the bloodshed to end is simple: Muammar Gaddafi and his regime need to recognize that their rule has come to an end,” Obama said in a statement. “Gaddafi needs to acknowledge the reality that he no longer controls Libya. He needs to relinquish power once and for all.”
“At this pivotal and historic time, the TNC should continue to demonstrate the leadership that is necessary to steer the country through a transition by respecting the rights of the people of Libya,” Obama said in the statement issued during his annual holiday in Martha’s Vineyard, an island near Boston
Flashback: Here’s Obama shaking hands with the tyrant at the G-8 in July 2009
Libya Draft Constitutional Charter for the transitional Phase:
Part 1, Article 1:
That makes other phrases you may find, such as “there shall be no crime or penalty except by virtue of the law” and “Judges shall be independent, subject to no other authority but law and conscience” ominous.