S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Arab governments call for unity among the Libyan people after the death of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, on Thursday (20) in Sirte, his hometown. According to the site of Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram<\/i>, the secretary general of the Arab League, the organisation that includes the 22 Arab countries, Nabil Al Arabi, called for the Libyans to \u201covercome the wounds of the past and to look to the future with no grudges or sentiments of revenge, warding off all that could disrupt national unity and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
He called for all political forces to \u201cclose ranks\u201d to build \u201ca new Libya which would fulfil the hopes and ambitions of the Libyan people for freedom.\u201d The Arab League, of which Libya is part, had suspended the country after the violent repression of the Gaddafi regime to the protests that started in February and supported the establishment of an air exclusion area over the country at the Security Council of the United Nations.<\/p>\n
The decision of the council, made in March, opened way for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) air strikes that changed the route of the Libyan conflict in favour of the opposition to the regime and was determinant to the deposition of the dictator. In August, the rebels took the Libyan capital city, Tripoli. <\/p>\n
Arabi added that the organisation would \u201cpursue efforts to support the Libyan people\u2019s journey and stand by them in this fateful transitional phase.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Al Ahram<\/i>, the government of Egypt, which recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) as legitimate representatives of Libya in August, informed that it is ready to support the efforts for reconstruction of the neighbouring country. Egypt hopes for Gaddafi\u2019s death to open a new chapter for the people of Libya and offer support to the NTC to \u201ca free democratic system to meet the Libyan people’s aspirations and achieve the revolution’s goals."<\/p>\n
Before the fall of Gaddafi, popular protests had ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, who had been in power for almost 30 years. The same took place in Tunisia, a country that showed \u201cdeep satisfaction with the total liberation of Libya\u201d, according to an article by the official news agency of Tunisia, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
According to a press statement by the Ministry of Foreign Business of Tunisia, the Tunisian people congratulate the people of Libya \u201cfor this glorious victory\u201d, express \u201cconfidence in the future of the new Libya, in its capacity to re-establish safety and stability in its territory and to promote the desires of its people for liberty, prosperity and development in a scenery of social cohesion and national union.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tunisia offers to help Libya \u201cin this historic and decisive phase\u201d and offers \u201cits best resources and potential to aid the brotherly Libyan people to reach their noble national objectives.\u201d The Arab Spring begun in Tunisia, with a wave of protests in December 2010. The country was the first to knock down its dictator through protests. Zine El Abdine Ben Ali escaped and sought refuge in Saudi Arabia. On Sunday, Tunisia should also become the first Arab country to promote elections after the revolutions.<\/p>\n
More incisive, however, were the statements published by the official news agency of Morocco Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP)<\/i>. According to MAP<\/i>, \u201cthe elimination of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, after his capture on Thursday in Sirte, ends 42 years of dictatorship and often tense, or even detestable, relations with many neighbouring countries and the West.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morocco accuses Gaddafi of being the \u201cmentor\u201d of the polisario separatist movement that opposes Moroccan presence in Western Sahara, a region of the Atlantic coast of North Africa. MAP<\/i> said that \u201csince the beginning of the popular movement of protest against the despotic regime of Gaddafi, Morocco has showed its sympathy with the legitimate aspirations of the Libyan people for democracy and reform.\u201d To the agency, the defeat of the dictator opens a new era in relation between both nations.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, in turn, issued a press release in which it says it hopes for \u201cthe new era that is being opened in Libya to consecrate reconciliation, peace and unity between the Libyan brothers,\u201d according to state-owned news agency Alg\u00e9rie Presse Service (APS)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The government of Kuwait, in turn, congratulated the people of Libya \u201con the victory of their revolution and ouster of the tyrant Muammar Gaddafi and his regime\u201d, according to the country\u2019s official Kuwait News Agency (Kuna)<\/i>. The Kuwaitis call for the Libyans \u201cto unite and back the Transitional Council in its efforts for establishing a new ruling system, based on justice, equality and respect for legitimate rights of the people\u201d.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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