Muammar Gaddafi ’s Son, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi Joins Libya Presidential Race

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, registered Sunday to run within the nation’s December presidential polls, the electoral fee mentioned.

 

“Seif al-Islam Gaddafi submitted… his candidacy for the presidential election to the Excessive Nationwide Electoral Fee workplace within the (southern) metropolis of Sebha,” an announcement by the fee mentioned.

It mentioned he had accomplished “all of the required authorized situations” and that he was additionally issued with a voter registration card for the Sebha district.

 

Libya’s first ever direct presidential ballot, with a primary spherical on December 24, is the climax of a course of launched final 12 months by the United Nations to attract a line below years of violence because the revolt that toppled dictator Gaddafi in 2011.

 

Libya opened registration for candidates on Monday.

 

In a uncommon interview, he mentioned he wished to “restore the misplaced unity” of Libya after a decade of chaos and didn’t exclude standing for the presidency.

The dictator’s erstwhile inheritor obvious is needed for crimes towards humanity by the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC).

 

Till the interview, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi had not been seen or heard from since June 2014, when he appeared by way of video hyperlink from Zintan, within the west of the nation, throughout his trial by a Tripoli courtroom.