June 11, 2021
Seif al-Islam, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, intends to return to run in the upcoming presidential elections, the London Times revealed on its website, Friday, June 11th.
The newspaper pointed out that Saif al-Islam, 48, is preparing himself to return to public life, while he is still wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of committing war crimes during the Libyan revolution that toppled his father’s regime.
Local media reported that Muammar Gaddafi’s son would not run in the upcoming elections before the new electoral law was approved, and ensured that there was no constitutional problem preventing him from running.
Saif al-Islam faces charges of inciting civil war, genocide, abuse of power, ordering the killing of protesters, damaging public money, and bringing in mercenaries to suppress protesters during the Libyan revolution.
Saif al-Islam: I’m fine
The London newspaper reported that Saif al-Islam Muammar Gaddafi “spoke by phone to confirm his identity, and to say that he is fine, in a call arranged to clarify his relationship with a team of advisers acting on his behalf.”
She indicated that the United States would not easily accept Saif al-Islam’s return to public life, considering that Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken strongly supported NATO’s intervention in 2011, while some believe that Gaddafi’s son is very close to the Kremlin, while Britain has avoided rapprochement with him or his aides.
It is noteworthy that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been imprisoned by a militia since 2011 and was released in Zintan in 2017.
The Supreme Court of Libya also ruled at the end of last month, overturning the death sentence issued against him.
