Libya aims for govt in two weeks

Libya’s interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil set a two-week target Monday for the country to have a new government and said a commission of inquiry will probe Moamer Gaddafi’s killing.

“We have begun talks (on forming a government), and this matter will not take a month.

But it will be finished within two weeks,” the National Transitional Council (NTC) chairman told a news conference in the eastern city of Benghazi. A day after the NTC’s declaration of Libya’s liberation in the wake of Gaddafi’s capture and death, Abdel Jalil also said a commission of inquiry is being set up to probe the controversial killing of the fallen strongman.

“In response to international calls, we have started to put in place a commission tasked with investigating the circumstances of Moamer Gaddafi’s death in the clash with his circle as he was being captured,” Abdel Jalil said. And after having raised concern in the West by stressing on Sunday that the new Libya will be governed in line with Islamic sharia law, the NTC chief gave assurances it would remain a “moderate” Muslim country.

“I would like to assure the international community that we as Libyans are Muslims but moderate Muslims,” he said.

AFP