TRIPOLI – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late ruler of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, yesterday officially submitted candidacy documents, for the upcoming presidential election, said the High National Elections Commission (HNEC).

“Today (yesterday), Sunday, Nov 14, candidate Saif al-Islam Muammar Gaddafi, submitted his candidacy for the presidency of the Libyan state,” the commission said in a statement.

“Candidate Saif al-Islam Gaddafi also received his electoral card from the electoral centre, in which he is registered,” said the statement, adding that, the centre number is 21021, in south Libya’s Sebha city.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was released from prison in 2017, after being detained in the western city of Zintan, since the fall of his father’s government, in 2011.

Libya is expecting to hold general elections on Dec 24 this year, as part of a roadmap adopted by the UN-sponsored Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF).

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK