afrol News, 2 March - The Libyan revolutionary leader, Muammar Gaddafi, led his citizens to mark the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of People's Authority - otherwise known as Jamahiriya - in Libya's desert town of Sehba, about 1000 kilometres south of the capital Tripoli.

Mr Gaddafi has however used the event to turn the tide against the West, especially the United States of America, accusing them of forcing their policy on other nations - not much different from the Great Leader's customary rhetoric.

The Libyan leader described his country as the centre of African liberation and unification. As such, he said, Libya will not allow being the" field of experiments and conspiracies of the colonialists."

Mr Gaddafi disclosed that while Israel attempts to balkanise the Arab and Islamic world and Africa, there were new tricks to divide North Africa, which were all part of colonial conspiracies to interfere with internal affairs of other countries. He earlier has led attempts to unite the Maghreb and the Arab world - under his revolutionary leadership.

Mr Gaddafi said, "Libya is for all Libyans. We are all equal in our land, we form a tribe in Africa."

In what is seen as an exceptional attack on the US since Libya had mended fences with the western world, the Libyan revolution leader grilled the US model of democracy. "The whole world cannot follow one model of political system," Mr Gaddafi said, accusing the US President, George Bush, of being a "man without wisdom and peace."

The Libyan leader further argued that people in rural areas, especially in Africa, do not know the meaning of elections, which epitomises the American system, let alone care about them.

"Why do we have to allow America to impose its system of us?" Mr Gaddafi, questioned, arguing that their "system does not suit us" because diversity is the foundation of life. In that, he said, each and every country should therefore look for a system that suits them well.

Describing Libya as a free state, Mr Gaddafi said his country was willing to cooperate with other governments based safeguarding the mutual benefits and equality. "We do not need to follow the American model because Libya is a free state," he bluntly said.

The Libyan leader said it was rather unfortunate that the world is going through serious problems of social, economic and moral decline.

Mr Gaddafi's comments came at a time when his government is struggling hard to build a better image in the West. He had coined his own socialist and Islamic political system contained in the Green Book he wrote after he came to power through a coup d'état.

Crowds of schoolboys added colour to the 30th anniversary by leaning over fences decorated with banners praising their leader. Inscriptions on banners in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish, among others read "no democracy without proper congresses and committees everywhere, abort democracy, representation is a falsification of democracy."

By staff writer

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