Hassan Al-Werfalli (Benghazi, Cairo)
Yesterday, unidentified gunmen stormed the Sabha Appeal Court in southern Libya, yesterday, to obstruct the court’s consideration of the appeal submitted by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi against the decision to exclude him from the preliminary list of candidates for the Libyan presidential elections. The military police carried out the death sentence in absentia against presidential candidate Khalifa Haftar and others, and the office referred its decision to Case No. 28/2019.
For his part, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s lawyer confirmed that the court set the fourth hour yesterday afternoon, to consider the appeal submitted by his client, but they were surprised that an armed group stormed the court’s headquarters and its members expelled the judges, employees and court workers, stressing that this incident would obstruct the electoral process. in Lybia.
In turn, the Ministry of Justice in the Libyan Government of National Unity confirmed that the Sebha Court of Appeal was subjected to an armed attack by an outlaw group, noting that the incident “terrified members of judicial bodies, employees and citizens by brandishing weapons, threatening and intimidating those who were inside the court and expelling them outside.”
In a statement, the Libyan Ministry of Justice condemned in the strongest terms the violation of the sanctity and prestige of the judiciary wherever it is in Libya, which we seek to be safe and stable in which human rights and the rule of law are respected.
In Misurata, the Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Libyan Unity Government instructed the military police in the central region to carry out the death sentence against presidential candidate Khalifa Haftar, and the office returned its decision issued yesterday to Case No. 28 of 2019, and the list of those sentenced to death included military leaders in the General Command of the Forces Libyan armed forces.
For his part, the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Muhammad Al-Manfi, affirmed that the Council is continuing to complete the requirements of the stage according to the road map, leading to the elections at the end of the year.
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