Secretary of the Libyan regime of Gaddafi Blurred

Another high-ranking officials reportedly defected from the regime of Libya Muammar Gaddafi and leave the country. He is a Libyan Oil Minister and head of the national oil company, National Oil Co.., Shokri Ghanem.

Libyan government spokesman, Ibrahim Moussa, who told The Washington Post, Tuesday, May 17, 2011, said Ghanem went to Tunisia since Monday and reportedly did not exist until now. Allegedly, like several other high officials in Libya, Ghanem not stand the pressure and threat of Gaddafi.

Different statement submitted Interior Ministry spokesman Libya, Neji Zairi. He said that Ghanem and his family entered Tunisia on Saturday last week with the aim of sightseeing.

According to official records the border at Ras Jdir, Ghanem visited the area of ​​Djerba, Tunisia. However, the exact place is unknown.

"He was still in Tunisia, I did not know he was okay," said Zairi. He added that Ghanem could not be reached until now.

Ghanem's departure is still not known with certainty. But Abdel Monei al-Houni, a former Libyan representative to the Arab League who also defected from Gaddafi, clearly convinced that Ghanem had followed in his footsteps.

Houni said that he had spoken with Ghanem after he passed the Libyan border. He said Ghanem was not officially declared he defected, for the salvation of his family.

"Most officials in Tripoli were forced to live under intimidation and pressure. They also are not pleased with the situation that was happening in Libya," said al-Houni, who told the Associated Press news agency.

Ghanem was one high-ranking Libyan who said quite capable to replace Gaddafi. According to the records the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States that leaked on the page WikiLeaks, Ghanem has said that "economic reform and political means will never be achieved as long as Gaddafi still alive."

Before Ghanem, first minister who defected is Libya's Foreign Minister, Moses goad, who fled to London, England. In the UK, goad Gaddafi reportedly leaked information about the Western powers.

Other high officials who defected was Interior Minister Abdul Fattah Younis, Minister of Justice Mustafa Abdel Jalil, and former representative of Libya to the UN, Ali Abdel Salam al-Treki. In addition, several ambassadors and diplomats were also reportedly defected from Gaddafi's government.