London, 19 June:
The leader of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdul Jalil revealed in an interview with the Arabiya satellite . . .[restrict]TV channel last week that the conditions that Libya was going through currently were the reasons that prevented him from resigning.
Abdul Jalil confirmed that it was for reasons of national interest and not personal interest that he has not resigned. The NTC was formed by consensus, he said, and that it guided Libya through a critical period which was meant to end with elections on 19 June.
However, the HNEC has delayed the elections until 7 July and Abdul Jalil as a result has had to delay his intended resignation until after the new election date for the sake of stability and security and the Libyan national interest.
Abdul Jalil went on to confirm that the role of the NTC will end by virtue of the power of the law and that there will cease to be any role for him upon the election of a leader of the General National Congress just days after its election. [/restrict]
