Libyan Rebels Reject African Union Cease-Fire Proposal

04/11/2011 12:42 pm 0 comments

Source: Leila Fadel and Simon Denyer / The Washington Post

Benghazi, Libya — A rebel council in the de facto capital of forces opposed to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday rejected an African Union delegation’s proposal for a cease-fire and continued to press for Gaddafi’s ouster.

Rebel leaders say they do not believe that Gadhafi would adhere to a cease-fire, and they reject any plan that does not include his immediate resignation and departure from the country.

The rebels’ Transitional National Council — largely made up of doctors, lawyers, intellectuals, defectors and former exiles — is deeply skeptical about the neutrality of the African Union, which they see as packed with Gadhafi allies.

Opposition leaders were also disappointed because the peace plan fails to wring any concessions from Gadhafi at the outset, despite the brutal suppression of protests in February in which hundreds of people were shot and thousands were arrested.

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