Gadhafi Must be Captured, Put on Trial, Says Opposition Leader [View All]

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Source: VOA

Hadi Shalluf, president of the Justice and Democracy Party says Gadhafi is a criminal and the opposition will not negotiate with him
James Butty March 21, 2011

A Libyan opposition leader says coalition forces enforcing the U.N-authorized no-fly zone over Libya should capture leader Moammar Gadhafi so that he can be put on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity.

Hadi Shalluf, president of the Justice and Democracy Party of Libya, says the opposition is not ready to negotiate with Gadhafi because, in his words, the Libyan leader is a criminal.

“No, no negotiations with Gadhafi. Nobody can negotiate with him because he’s a criminal. He’s under investigation now by the ICC (International Criminal Court). We want them (coalition forces) to capture Gadhafi live with his sons, with his family and then take him to trial. We will give him the right to defend himself if we capture him. If he decides to fight until he dies, that’s something different,” he says.

Shalluf says it has been difficult for outsiders to make phone contact with members of the Interim Governing Council in rebel-controlled Benghazi because, he says, the Libyan leader has put a bounty on the heads of the rebel leadership.

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