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Time to Leave, Obama tells Gaddafi
US President Barack Obama has urged Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi to step down immediately, saying his government had lost its legitimacy.
"The Libyan people deserve a government that is responsive to their aspirations and that protects their universally recognized human rights," Obama said on Saturday.
"When a leader's only means of staying in power is to use mass violence against his own people, he has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now," aides to the US president said in describing a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which Obama made to coordinate their response to the crisis, Reuters reported.
It was Obama's most direct demand yet that Gaddafi step down.
Obama and Merkel also reaffirmed their support for the Libyan people's demands for universal rights.
Libyan security forces have reportedly killed over 1,000 people during the recent demonstrations against Gaddafi's four decades of repressive rule.
But Libya is bracing for more violence as thousands of pro-democracy protesters, seeking the ouster of the Gaddafi regime, are moving toward the capital.
According to the latest reports, demonstrators have already passed through the suburbs of Tripoli.
PressTV - Leave now, Obama tells Gaddafi
US President Barack Obama has urged Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi to step down immediately, saying his government had lost its legitimacy.
"The Libyan people deserve a government that is responsive to their aspirations and that protects their universally recognized human rights," Obama said on Saturday.
"When a leader's only means of staying in power is to use mass violence against his own people, he has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now," aides to the US president said in describing a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which Obama made to coordinate their response to the crisis, Reuters reported.
It was Obama's most direct demand yet that Gaddafi step down.
Obama and Merkel also reaffirmed their support for the Libyan people's demands for universal rights.
Libyan security forces have reportedly killed over 1,000 people during the recent demonstrations against Gaddafi's four decades of repressive rule.
But Libya is bracing for more violence as thousands of pro-democracy protesters, seeking the ouster of the Gaddafi regime, are moving toward the capital.
According to the latest reports, demonstrators have already passed through the suburbs of Tripoli.
PressTV - Leave now, Obama tells Gaddafi
