Libyan Rebels Won’t Sign Oil Deals Until Elected Government
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Libya’s Transitional National Council, fighting to overthrow the government of Muammar Qaddafi, won’t sign new contracts with oil companies because the movement wasn’t elected, a spokesman for the group said.
“We are not elected,” Mahmoud Shammam said in a telephone interview from Qatar’s capital, Doha. “How can we sign a contract which will affect the life of the Libyan people and we are not an elected government?” The council will honor existing contracts, he said.