Libya: Opposition outline post-Gaddafi 'road map'

Source: BBC News

Libya's opposition has set out a political "road map" for the country if and when Col Gaddafi falls from power.

It includes installing an interim government while a new constitution is drafted and elections held.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13306779

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James Bone in Rome From: The Times May 07, 2011 12:00AM

LIBYAN rebels unveiled a detailed "road map" to democracy yesterday, as international powers pledged funds to help them in the battle to oust strongman Muammar Gaddafi.

The planned transition, starting with local elections even before the fall of the Gaddafi regime, was announced at a meeting of the 22-nation Contact Group on Libya in Rome.

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Mahmoud Jibril, the head of the Benghazi-based administration, won applause as he outlined the road map. "We are not in the Transitional National Council to rule Libya. We are managing the situation until the Libyan people choose their form of government," he said afterwards.

Mr Jibril said the Benghazi administration would approach the UN for help in organising local elections in liberated parts of Libya within several months.

Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/rebels-road-map-for-libya-elections/story-e6frg6so-1226051445295