And Libyan media reported that the Sabha court – in the south of the country – had ruled the return of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to the presidential race, days after he was excluded by the Electoral Commission.
The High Electoral Commission in Libya had excluded Saif al-Islam from the list of candidates for the presidential elections, because of “violating two provisions of the law on the election of the head of state.”
The commission said that Saif al-Islam was excluded from the electoral race because of his violation of two articles of the law on the election of the head of state, noting that “Article 10, Clause 7, and Article 17, Clause 5 did not apply.”
Paragraph 7 of Article 10 of the Presidential Election Law stipulates that he “shall not have been finally convicted of a felony or a crime against honor or trust.”
As for the fifth item of Article 17, the applicant is invited to submit a “certificate of absence of precedents”.
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi is wanted by the International Criminal Court for “crimes against humanity”. In addition, a court in Tripoli had sentenced him to death in absentia in 2015, for committing war crimes during the 2011 protests.
In the context of returning to the presidential race, the Tripoli Court of Appeal issued a ruling on Wednesday in favor of Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, the Prime Minister, and rejected two appeals against him and returned him to the list of presidential candidates.
It is noteworthy that the presidential elections are expected to be held on December 24, and are expected to receive great local and international attention.
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