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| The End of a Dictator |
| (2011-10-21) |
| Last updated: 2011-10-22 19:23 EET |
Muammar Gaddafi has gone the same way he came, down the road of violence. His death needed to be confirmed, just as with other dictators that ended up in a similar way. Photographs of his corpse were produced. The Libyans are celebrating the physical disappearance of the man who gripped them in despotic rule for more than four decades.
The Gaddafi regime actually collapsed de facto months ago, and what followed was just the hunt for the dictator, a man who was as outmoded as he was desperate not to lose power. Having participated in part in the military protection of the civilian population against pro-Gaddafi forces, the community of western states has now welcomed the fall of a tyrannous regime that has marked a long and painful chapter in the history of that North African state.
World leaders have not forgotten, however, to speak of the need for reconciliation amongst Libyan people, for tolerance, and for the calm transition to democracy that the revolutionaries called for at the beginning of the anti-Gaddafi protests, in February this year. “The present events in the region prove, once again, that brutal regimes always fall. Young people forcibly reject dictatorship. And leaders who deny them dignity will not succeed,” said the American President, Barack Obama.
A clear analogy to what happened in Tunisia and Egypt, but also a possible note of warning to Syria, where the bloody repression of opponents to President Bashar al – Assad continues, after thousands of victims have already been claimed. This is also a warning, according to the international press, applicable to the vehemently contested President of Yemen, Ali Abdallah Saleh. Commentators also say that there is nothing more foreboding for a tyrant than the sight of Gaddafi’s corpse in the back of a lorry. They all contend that overcoming the trauma of the Gaddafi regime will only be possible through the construction of a future that guarantees not only human rights, but also independence from foreign interference. Romania also participated in the international effort that welcomed Libya’s entry into the post-Gaddafi era.
The Romanian Foreign Minister paid tribute to the resolve with which the Libyan people rose up against the institutions of a dictatorial regime, that they then maintained in order to free the whole country. Romania has also promised to lend its support to the reconstruction and reconciliation effort in Libya. We should recall that Bucharest recognized the National Transitional Council as the sole political interlocutor in Libya on the 1st September 2011. The Romanian Embassy in Tripoli re-opened a month later with the presence of the Chargé d’Affaires.
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