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