Son of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, speaking in an exclusive interview to the Al-Jazeera television network, has promised that “in the coming days the whole world will see some surprises that will take place in Libya”, reports Russian news agency, Itar-Tass. In the interview, Seif al-Islam (pic) touched upon the most exciting topics concerning the events of the past few weeks in his country.
“In the west, in the south and in the central parts of the country all is quiet,” Gaddafi’s son said. “But the people in some areas of the country – I emphasise that – only in some parts of it, which are now rioting with arms in their hands, very soon will realise that living on like this is impossible.
Because it’s unbearable – the schools do not work, the universities, the hospitals and the shops are closed, and the people are not getting their salaries and wages.”
“I want to emphasise one very important idea,” said Seif al-Islam, when asked, if it had ever occurred to him or his father that if the regime of Gaddafi was out, then there would be no need to kill fellow countrymen.
“We are not killing our fellow citizens. We are not dropping bombs on them.
We and our loyal army have shown unprecedented tolerance towards our own people, who are already armed with tanks and heavy artillery. But even despite that we do not touch innocent civilians.”
“Where have you seen a city square filled with people? Where have you seen the millions of people who have turned out to demonstrate the foreign media keep talking about?” he said.
“There are none. The biggest demonstration of all these weeks was in Benghazi – a couple of thousand people took to the streets there. Of the one and a half million. All of your ideas about what is happening in Libya are a huge illusion.”
The son of the Libyan leader insists that the main culprits of the events in Libya are terrorists.
“They are not even trying to hide their actions,” he said. “Turn on the Internet, and you will see dozens of videos in which these terrorists publicly execute soldiers of the Libyan army, hiding behind the guise of peaceful demonstrators.”
About the issue of so-called mercenaries who, according to numerous media reports were fighting on the side of the Gaddafi regime and shooting at civilians, Seif al-Islam said that they were a blatant lie.
“how me proof, at least one mercenary,” he said. “If there are dark-skinned, this does not mean that they are African mercenaries. All those whom different media present as mercenaries are citizens of Libya. In the end, half of Libya’s population are blacks! The former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also a black. The current defence minister of Libya is a black. Or do you want to say that all of them, too, are African mercenaries, who are also killing civilians? Libya does not use mercenaries. Period,” Seif-al-Islam said.
“The armed bandits, who are sitting in the tanks, cannot lead the people to democracy. This is where there lies the main problem,” he said.
“Libya welcomes democracy, but we will not allow two or three hundred people to take the whole country hostage.”
“Foreigners and foreign media representatives, who come to Libya, begin to lecture us on democracy, constitution, etc., without ever giving thought to the real needs of our people,” said Seif al-Islam.
“And this is because in Libya there are people who want to ruin the country. There was no uprising in Libya.
There are people who are eager to divide the country into two parts – the East and the West. And it is these people who are hiding behind the calls for democracy.”
“Do you really think that in our country one man runs everything?” he said.
“Such things happen only in the movies. The government, the army, the police, the intelligence, the cabinet of ministers and the army of officials – do you really think that all of them are run by my father? This is impossible even physically. In Libya, just as in any other civilised country, there is a normal and functioning apparatus, which is run by more than one person, by hundreds.”
“Foreigners think we are failing to act, that we do not care about what is happening in Libya,” said Seif al-Arab. “But this is not so. Libya for us is like one big family. Our family. And every day we exert efforts to return the country to peace and harmony. And for all of us it is a real battle for Libya.
Not for my father, not for myself, nor for someone else, but for our Libya, which belongs to every citizen.”
-Bernama
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