The council’s chairman, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, a...

“The council’s chairman, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, a grandfatherly former justice minister, has even threatened to step down if victorious rebels embarrass him by carrying out revenge murders. ‘I object strongly to any executions outside the law,’ he said at a press conference on August 22nd, praising rebel field-commanders but adding that ‘the actions of some of their followers worry me.’ The next day he emphasised his point about due process, by repeating an earlier pledge to stand trial himself for his years of serving the [Gaddafi] regime.”

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Good Intentions, Fragile Legitimacy

The Economist, August 27th 2011

This man has an inspiring commitment to rule of law if he is sincere, and I have no reason to doubt that he is.