Libya: 'Recall Parliament to debate regime change'

[Bosonic]

Source: Telegraph

MPs have called for Parliament to be recalled to debate David Cameron’s admission that military action in Libya will continue until Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is toppled.

Conservative and Labour members said that the Prime Minister’s statement – made jointly with Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy – showed that the Libyan mission had moved from its original humanitarian purpose and was now about regime change.

Fuelling concerns about mission creep in Libya, a French minister admitted that the Western coalition risks “moving beyond” the original United Nations resolution that authorised military action to protect Libyan civilians.

When the conflict started last month, Mr Cameron told MPs that the allies were not seeking to remove Col Gaddafi. But in a joint article with his fellow leaders, he declared: “So long as Gaddafi is in power, Nato and its coalition partners must maintain their operations.”

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8454220/Libya-Recall-Parliament-to-debate-regime-change.html

[Wilms]

1. Cameron should have issued "sexed-up memos" prior to signing up.