Tripoli - National Transition Council (NTC) announced the removal of the central government from Benghazi to Tripoli. This certainly strengthens the position of the NTC in Libya today.Steps taken by the NTC is a continued quest for control in Libya, although until now, several skirmishes still continue to occur.
"We can rebuild this country. He (Gaddafi) is now a move from gutter to gutter (in order to save himself)," Finance Minister Ali Tarhouni NTC as quoted by the Associated Press on Friday (26/08/2011).
While the NTC Chairman Mahmoud Jibril urged Libyan assets that had been frozen to thawed immediately. He said, Libya would be faced with a crisis of legitimacy of such assets can not be used.
According to Gabriel, the opposition needs the money to pay the salaries of state employees. The money is also used for civil servants to provide services to citizens.
United States (U.S.) and South Africa have previously agreed to release Libyan assets that reached $ 1, 5 billion or approximately Rp12, 8 trillion (Rp8, 555 per dollar). These assets is reportedly still in the banks owned the two countries.
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