Kadhafi to be tried in country: opposition leader

It was disclosed by the opposition leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil in comments published Wednesday.In eight months we will hold legislative and presidential elections. We want a democratic government and a just constitution, promised Abdel Jalil, chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC).Above all we do not wish to continue to be isolated in the world as we have been up to now, he added in comments published in the Italian La Repubblica daily.The whereabouts of Libyan strongman Colonel Kadhafi remained unknown Wednesday as the rebels overran his Tripoli compound.The rebel leader said the Kadhafi era is over, even if it will only really end with his capture and his conviction for the crimes he has committed.There were only pockets of resistence left in Tripoli, as well as troops in Sirte, the leaders historic stronghold.The mass of opinion within the NTC was that Kadhafi and his cohorts should be judged in a fair trial, but it must take place in Libya, he said.For that to happen we need to take them alive and treat them differently from the way the colonel treated his adversaries. He will stay in the memory only for the crimes, the arrests and the political assassinations he carried out, he added.Jalil said the new Libya must be a different country from the past, based on the principles of freedom, equality and fraternity, and will have strong relations with other countries, based on mutual respect and cooperation.We will be an active member of the international community and we will respect the treaties signed in the past, he said.