<p>Mohamed Zwei, head of the General People's Congress, said: "The draft was given to us recently. We have a legal committee that must examine the text before submitting it to the Basic People's Congresses" (local parliaments) as laid down in leader Muammar Gaddafi's theory of "people's power."<br /><br />"The BPCs will revise the articles of the constitution and carry out amendments as desired once the situation in the country calms down," he added.<br /><br />On February 21, a few days after the insurrection began, Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam had said the parliament would meet shortly to decide on a new penal code and new laws giving more freedom to the press and civil society, as well as "starting a dialogue on a constitution."<br /><br />The Libyan government formed a judicial committee at the end of 2008 to examine a text drawn up by the Gaddafi Foundation headed by Seif al-Islam.<br /><br />Ibrahim Moukhzam, committee member and expert in constitutional law, told a press conference that it would be a "modern constitution" inspired by "dozens of European and Third World countries' constitutions."</p>
<p>Mohamed Zwei, head of the General People's Congress, said: "The draft was given to us recently. We have a legal committee that must examine the text before submitting it to the Basic People's Congresses" (local parliaments) as laid down in leader Muammar Gaddafi's theory of "people's power."<br /><br />"The BPCs will revise the articles of the constitution and carry out amendments as desired once the situation in the country calms down," he added.<br /><br />On February 21, a few days after the insurrection began, Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam had said the parliament would meet shortly to decide on a new penal code and new laws giving more freedom to the press and civil society, as well as "starting a dialogue on a constitution."<br /><br />The Libyan government formed a judicial committee at the end of 2008 to examine a text drawn up by the Gaddafi Foundation headed by Seif al-Islam.<br /><br />Ibrahim Moukhzam, committee member and expert in constitutional law, told a press conference that it would be a "modern constitution" inspired by "dozens of European and Third World countries' constitutions."</p>