DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Rebels Dismiss Election Offer, NATO Pounds Tripoli....NSI News Source Info # 2089(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 17, 2011: NATO planes resumed bombardments of Tripoli after Muammar Gaddafi's son said the Libyan leader was willing to hold elections and step aside if he lost, an offer rejected by rebels and the United States.
Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam told an Italian newspaper that the elections could be held within three months and transparency could be guaranteed through international observers.
Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam told an Italian newspaper that the elections could be held within three months and transparency could be guaranteed through international observers.
He said his father would be ready to cede power if he lost the election, though he would not go into exile.
But Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi appeared to throw the potential concession into question, saying on Thursday that the leader of the revolution was not concerned by "any referendum."
A visiting Russian envoy said the Libyan leadership had reiterated that Gaddafi's departure was a "red line."
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