From: Gregory Brown
To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Subject: Libyan News - President Mohamed Yousef Al-Magarief resigns to honor the law to rid the
country of former Qaddafi Regime officials and insiders
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:58:38 +0000
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Dear Jeffrey....
As I mentioned to you moments ago my dear friend, Libya's President Mohamed Yousef Al-
Magarief and parliament chief, resigned from his post last Tuesday following the passing of a law
banning anyone who held a senior post in Muammar Qaddafi's regime from government. In a
televised speech to congress, Megaryef announced his resignation - which had been expected - after
the passing of the "political isolation"law, which critics and diplomats fear could strip government of
experienced leaders, further complicating the transition to an orderly democracy. "The people's
representatives have expressed their word -the political isolation law - and it must be respected,"
Reuters quoted him as saying. "And I will be thefirst ... I place my resignation in your hands."
Magarief said that "everyone must obey the law out of respectfor legality and democracy."
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The Former President was Libya's ambassador to India in the 198os under the regime of now slain
dictator Qaddafi before he defected to become a leader of the exiled opposition for three decades. "I
leave with my head held high and my conscious clear," AFP quoted him as saying. He stressed that he
was the first of Qaddafi-era officials to conform to the law. The General National Congress passed the
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law on May 5 under pressure from gunmen who had surrounded the foreign and justice ministries for
several days to press the government to sack officials linked to Qaddafi. The President's eyes welled up
as he spoke before the General National Congress in Tripoli.
He decried what he described as the empowerment of some lawmakers backed by gunmen and warned
of the need to eradicate Qaddafi-era schemes, including "revenge, antagonism ... and hatred" that still
plague Libya, the Associated Press reported. The President received a standing ovation from
congress members after he ended his speech, which touched on his own exile and opposition to
Qaddafi and which paid tribute to the former rebel fighters who ousted the dictator.
A Britain-educated economist, he was born in 1940 in the eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of the
uprising that toppled Qaddafi. He spent 31 years in exile, including 20 years as a political refugee in
the United States. Along with other dissidents, he founded an opposition group that had tried to
overthrow Qaddafi. During his exile he was hunted by Qaddafi's intelligence services, who had
launched a campaign in 198o to liquidate his opponents.
As I pointed out his peaceful resignation strengthens the stability of democracy in Libya. As it is
a demonstration that no one in Libya is above the law, when President Al-Magaryef, who is considered
the "Nelson Mandela" of Libya voluntarily resigned, it is an example to the many other Qaddafi
Regime ambassadors, ministers, governors, mayors, department heads, police and military officials
who are trying to hold on to their positions. As for how it affects some of the things that I would like to
do in Libya, Dr. Al-Magarief (who is revered both at home in Libya and internationally) is now free of
politics to work freely with us. So a good thing As such I urge everyone to work with former
President Magarief in supporting democracy and development in the rebuilding of the New Libya, in a
similar way that President Clinton has been able to do with the Clinton Initiative internationally.
Sincerely,
Greg Brown
Gregory Brown
Chairman & CEO
GlobalCast Partners, LLC
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