`` We are not looking to split the country , '' says 79-year-old former military man . Tribal leaders , politicians , others vote for Ahmed Zubair al-Senussi to lead region . `` The oil is for all Libyan people , '' he says . He has been in power since 1969 and was a key figure during the Arab Spring protests that toppled dictators across North Africa.
`` We are not looking to split the country , '' says 79-year-old former military man . Tribal leaders , politicians , others vote for Ahmed Zubair al-Senussi to lead region . `` The oil is for all Libyan people , '' he says . NTC chairman denounces the declaration as `` a danger that threatens national unity ''