Washington, April 12: The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the status quo in Libya is not an option if the West wants the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi off the power.
Blair said on Sunday that if the UK, the US and France want to end Gaddafi’s power, the current situation should not be an option.
“We’ve got to keep in our minds what is our strategic objective, and it is to get a different form of government in place in which the people of Libya decide the future of Libya,” Blair said, highlighting the gap between the reality in Libya and the West’s desire.
“What I see are signs that anyone sensible realizes, that this cannot end in any other way that at some point an agreed process of change in Libya. So you know, whether we carry on for a long time or a short time, that’s what’s going to happen. The status quo is not the option,” Blair added.
The international military action upon Libya has failed to suppress Gaddafi forces.
Over the weekend, the revolutionary forces were forced to drive back from Adjabiya, located on the road to Benghazi and the first rout for the international intervention. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) planes and ships, likewise, did not succeed to regain Misrata, 130 miles away from Tripoli.
On Sunday afternoon, the revolutionary forces however retook many parts of the city.
——–Agencies