Saturday, April 30, 2011

Qaddafi agrees to sign ceasefire?

RNN :Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that he will not leave Libya and that he is still prepared to enter a ceasefire but only if all sides are involved.

"I'm not leaving my country," he said in a live address on state television in the early hours of Saturday morning.

"No one can force me to leave my country and no one can tell me not to fight for my country."

Gaddafi said that he was still ready to enter a ceasefire but that all sides must be involved and not only his own forces fighting against rebels in the east.

"[Libya] is ready until now to enter a ceasefire ... but a ceasefire cannot be from one side," he said in his live speech.

"We were the first to welcome a ceasefire and we were the first to accept a ceasefire ... but the crusader NATO attack has not stopped."

The Libyan leader also called for negotiations with NATO powers to end the air strikes on Libya.

"We did not attack them or cross the sea ... why are they attacking us? Let us negotiate with you, the countries that attack us. Let us negotiate."

Friday, April 29, 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Proof that the youth know better than the opposition

Alaa Aj Jarban writes,
For those who think that we "young people" don't know what we want from this revolution, tomorrow (Tuesday, April 26, 2011) at (04:00 pm) in (Exhibitions tent - change square), we will have an educational discussion about the list of our demands that has been agreed by more than 160 movements from all over the country. Here is the list of demands:
* Demands of the Youth Revolution *
We affirm that we will continue our peaceful struggle in the squares until we achieve these demands. We also pledge to protect the Revolution and its Goals.

1. A peaceful end to the current regime and all its symbols. The dismissal of all close affiliates to the President and his relatives from leadership and senior position in the military and civil institutions.
2. The formation of an Interim Presidential Council composed of five civilian members, well-known for their expertise, honesty, and experience. They must be unanimously chosen, and cannot be senior leaders in the former regime. The duties of the council include the day-to-day management of the country during the transitional period, on the condition that the members cannot become future candidates for the post of President of the Republic or the Prime Minister before a full election cycle.
3. The establishment of a transitional period - after the removal of the regime - with duration of six months. The transitional period will begin by a Constitutional Declaration of the Revolution, which will repeal the constitution, will dissolve Parliament, Shura Council, and local council administrations.
4. The Interim National Council will assign a national figure to form an Interim Government of technocrats during a period of no more than a month.
5. The formation of an Interim National Council representing youth and all national and political forces, to be in charge of the following:
• Resolving the Southern Issue for its urgency in a fair and satisfying way.
• Resolving the Saada Issue and its consequences.
• Formation of a committee of jurists and experts in Law to work on a new draft constitution for a modern democratic civil state with the following components:
• A republican parliamentary with an electoral system based on proportional representation and a system basec on social justice and equal citizenship. Should be completed during three months and is subject to a public referendum.
• Monitoring the Interim Presidential Council and the government.
• Establishing the Supreme Commission for Elections, in order to updating and verifying the electoral register / roll and preparing for free and fair elections conducted by the end of the transitional period.
6. Reforming the Supreme Judicial Council to ensure indepenence of the judiciary.
7. Dissolving the Ministry of Information and establishing an independent Supreme Authority to assure the freedom of speech and expression and the multiplicity of the mass media and communication.
8. Dissolving the Ministry of Human Rights, and establishing an independent Supreme Council for Human Rights.
9. Prosecuting individuals in the past government who were the symbols of corruption and recovering the stolen money from public and private sectors.
10. Immediate release of all political prisoners and forced-disappeared individuals, and abolition of special courts and the private prisons.
11. The immediate prosecution of anyone who caused, assisted or incited in the killing or wounding of peaceful protesters.Compensating the families of the martyrs and the wounded, and honoring them in the the best ways.
12. Dissolving the Political and National Security institutions, and forming a national security apparatus under the Ministry of Interior with restricted role in charge of preventing risks that threaten the country from abroad.
13. Integrating the Republican Guard in the Armed Forces and dissolving the Council of National Defense in a way that will ensure the neutrality of the Army and Security Forces.
Those who believe we are "young people" do not know what we want from our revolution, tomorrow (Tuesday, April 26, 2011) at the (04:00) pm, in the (tent exhibitions in the field of change) we will talk about an awareness and document demands approved by the more 160 movement of the various provinces
Yemen, these are the demands:
* Demands of the Revolution Youth
We pledge to continue the peaceful struggle in the squares in order to achieve these demands, as we pledge to protect the revolution and its goals and its gains ..
1 - Drop the current system peacefully with all its symbols, and the isolation of all close to the president and his family from leadership positions in military and civilian institutions.
- 2. The formation of a transitional presidency made up of five civilian members. That they all are known for their competence, integrity and experience, and are selected by consensus between national forces and youth revolutionary, and not to be a pillar of the former regime, and is entrusted with the issuance of resolutions and ordinances that meet the demands of the revolution, that is not entitled to any of them a future candidacy for the post of President of the Republic or the Prime Minister's past election cycle in full.
3 - Declaration of a transitional period - after the fall of the period of 6 months. Begin by declaring a constitutional revolution, which repealed the constitution and resolve the current Councils of Deputies and the Shura Council and local councils.
4 - assigned to the Presidential Council a national figure, it is compatible to form a government competencies (technocrats) during a period of no more than a month.
5 - the formation of a transitional national council, which represents young people and all political and national forces, shall be as follows:
• South to resolve the issue as one of the pressing issues to ensure a just and satisfactory to them.
• resolving the issue of Saada and Oumaaljp effects Almtertbip them.
• Choose a Constituent Assembly of constitutional scholars, to draft a new constitution for a modern democratic civil state is the basis of:
Republican parliamentary system, based on the electoral system depends on the relative list system based on social justice, equal citizenship. To be completed within three months and is subject to public referendum.
• undertake control over all of the Presidential Council and the transitional government.
• the formation of the Supreme Committee for Elections The hygienic Jdoual Alnkhabin and prepare for free elections Nziha Banhip the transition period.
6 - the restructuring of the Supreme Judicial Council to ensure the neutrality and impartiality of the Authority emplace.
7 - abolition of the Ministry of Information, and the establishment of an independent supreme guarantee of freedom of opinion and pluralism of the media and communication.
8 - abolition of the Ministry of Human Rights, and the establishment of a separate Supreme Council for Human Rights.
9 - to prosecute and try all the symbols of corruption and recover the looted property and wealth and public and private funds.
10 - to immediately release all political prisoners and Almkhvin palace and the abolition of special courts and private prisons.
11 - prosecute anyone who caused or assisted or abetted in the killing or wounding all the participants in the protests and the revolution of sound and tried immediately, and compensate the families of the martyrs and the wounded, and honor them in honor of the fit.
12 - solution to each of the PSO and the National Security Agency, and establishing a new national security under the Ministry of Interior and the limited terms of reference in follow-up to the risks that threaten the country from abroad.
13 - the integration of the Republican Guard in the armed forces, dissolving the national defense and army to ensure the neutrality and security.

The name of the revolutionary movement signed the document:
1) Liberal Youth Movement
2) the movement of the homeland for all
3) Youth Association for free.
4) Change the next _ Yemen
5) Youth flags
6) the revolutionary movement for students of Sana'a University.
7) the beginning of the movement
8) Yemeni National Organization for the ox and the martyrs of the change
9) Youth Democratic Yemen
10) Youth Movement of the Revolution.
11) Youth Coalition March 18
12) Imaon
13) peace movement.
14) Youth League revolution
15) campaign cry of the people
16) free movement of change.
17) Association of revolution are free to change.
18) Youth Caucus of the independent revolution.
19) Youth Coalition Altvier and correction
20) Youth January 15.
21) the movement of consciousness
22) the movement of energetic young people.
23) the movement of cultural change.
Coalition of civil revolution youth movements and includes the following:
24) destruction of the peaceful revolution student youth
25) destroy the Revolution Youth
26) Aitlav pioneers of change youth
27) Consortium are free to change
28) free movement of Marib to change (I hope)
29) members of the Authority and emplace the protesters in the arena of change
30) young students change
31) Youth Movement Yemen future free (Shem)
32) Tkll revolution Liberal Asamlip
33) Youth Movement Revolutionary Independent
34) Youth Change for Almtsqubl
35) Movement Sanaaa Revolution
36) Martyrs of the peaceful revolution (March)
37) Free movement of workers
38) Youth Freedom Movement
39) Farm lawyers sit-in in Sahap change
40) Youth organization free PDF
41) farm youth revolution
42) of the youth revolution of civil
43) Grp youth to the private sector
44) Forum Aledmgarti contemporary
45) Manny for Social Studies and Human Rights
46) leave the youth movement
47) the movement of ambitious
48) Center for Rehabilitation and Protection of Freedoms crustations
49) Movement awareness
50) independent
51) Saba Youth Alliance
52) Youth Coalition of Marib and limbus
53) Youth Yemeni unity and change
54) social justice movement
55) peaceful movement to victory
56) to change the labor movement and construction
57) will of the movement (Alhabbip revolutionary)
58) National Foundation for Alathar Balcbcr
59) youth movement united Yemen