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In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate
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First, I ask mercy for the souls of the martyrs, Libya's martyrs,
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and I pray that all the missing return to their families, safe,
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and that the wounded are healed, God willing.
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As for the martyrs of the media, whose weapons were a camera or a microphone or pen and paper,
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the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the word of truth,
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whose dream was to see Libya free.
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Mohamed, God have mercy on him, would always say
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"I don't fear death, I fear losing the battle."
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His dream was to see our daughter grow up in a free country.
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"Free Libya" was the phrase Mohamed kept repeating.
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So what does "free Libya" mean?
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"Free Libya" does not mean overlooking law, or twisting the law. It does not mean chaos.
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It does not mean rushing through red lights, and building anywhere you please.
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"Free Libya" means free of shackles, free of nepotism. It means transparency and democracy.
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A free Libya means an educated, civilised Libya, always aspiring to be better in the future.
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To be the country that we dream of for our children.
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"Free Libya," these are the words for which the martyrs sacrificed, in their thousands.
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So, to keep our oath to the martyrs, the missing and wounded,
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let us build this country together, for "Free Libya" will not materialize simply through a government or a council,
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it will come true only through the work of every Libyan man and woman.
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It will materialize through upholding the law and keeping order, and the responsibility is on everyone,
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to keep the promise to the martyrs, the wounded, the missing,
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and not only on one group or one person.
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Thank you.
