Politics
Gaddafi addresses supporters at public ceremony
Updated: 2011-03-02 21:03
(Xinhua)
TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi addressed his supporters at a televised public rally in Tripoli on Wednesday, according to the Libyan state TV.
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Gaddafi reiterated that people exercise their authority through popular committees and popular conferences and he is merely a "symbol".
"People are standing behind their symbol leader," he said, insisting that he has handed authority to Libyan people since 1977.
He said the demonstrations which support him are not shown by the international media, adding that he is "not following any satellite television."
His speech was interrupted several times by chanting from his supporters, saying that they swore they would not abandon their leader.
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