Libya must set the standards

After the burial of Muammar al-Gaddafi on Tuesday international criticism was voiced of the fact that the Libyan dictator was mistreated after his arrest and his corpse put on show. The way Gaddafi was treated must not become the basis for the new Libya, the conservative daily The Times warns: "Ordinary Libyans need to understand, from the outset, that there will be new standards and that they are all responsible for upholding them. ... It is in the next few weeks that the pattern of politics will be laid down for years to come. If reconciliation, reconstruction and the good intentions outlined some months ago in the NTC's proposals for government are implemented, Libya could become a beacon for others fighting repression. If corruption, revenge, disorder and profiteering win the upper hand, Libya will tire of 'democracy', long for the old stability and open the way for a new strongman and probably a new era of repression."

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