In addition to the national level Governing Council, there are more than 250 governing councils at the provincial and municipal levels.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations

The incident comes as Libya's governing National Transitional Council prepares to hold elections for a constituent assembly in the coming weeks.

BBC: Plane on tarmac in Tripoli - file pic

Libya's governing National Transitional Council insists that he should be tried in the country, but the ICC says the Libyans are obliged to co-operate with the war crimes court at The Hague and should hand him over.

BBC: Gaddafi son 'attacked in custody' in Libya, ICC lawyers say