protesters. so it's a wide swathe of libyan society. >> reporter: one group in eastern libya that's begun to fill a void is the libyan national council. it's said to be helping liberated cities coordinate basic functions. observers say a represented former justice minister, mus ta pfaff abdel ja legal is the defacto leader of this group and could be a key transitional figure. he's unclear if he's got widespread support outside of eastern libya. >> why do we not seen a main opposition group eamericaning right now? >> i'm sure they look upon certain persons as potential leaders for their country but either these people nor the our people would like to rush to this situation. i think their main concern at the moment is to make sure that are gadhafi's regime is over. >> mohammed al magariaf resigned as libya's ambassador to india