Libya's Haftar announces to run for presidential election

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Egypt Today staff

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Tue, 16 Nov 2021 - 09:58 GMT

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Egypt Today staff

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 - 09:58 GMT

Egyptian chief of the General Intelligence Services (GIS) Major General Abbas Kamel arrives in Libyan city of Benghazi to meets with Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar on Thursday.- press photo

Egyptian chief of the General Intelligence Services (GIS) Major General Abbas Kamel arrives in Libyan city of Benghazi to meets with Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar on Thursday.- press photo

CAIRO - 16 November 2021: Libya's military leader, Khalifa Haftar announced on Tuesday he will run in a Dec. 24 presidential election that aims to help end a decade of conflict.

In a speech, broadcast live on Libyan television, Haftar said "I declare my candidacy for the presidential election, not because I am chasing power but because I want to lead our people towards glory, progress and prosperity."

Haftar affirmed that the poll is "the only way to pull Libya out of chaos".

On September 22, he provisionally retired from his role as head of the LNA in line with electoral law to allow him to run for president.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, registered on Nov. 14, as a presidential candidate for the December 24 election, an official from the electoral commission told Al Arabiya.

 
“Seif al-Islam Kadhafi submitted... his candidacy for the presidential election to the High National Electoral Commission office in the (southern) city of Sebha,” a statement by the commission said.
 
It said he had completed “all the required legal conditions” and that he was also issued with a voter registration card for the Sebha district.
 
Libya’s first-ever direct presidential poll, with the first round on December 24, is the climax of a process launched last year by the United Nations to draw a line under years of violence since the revolt that toppled Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.
 

Several political figures have announced their candidacy to compete for the presidency, such as former Libyan delegate to the United Nations and Head of the Libya Revival Bloc Ibrahim Dabbashi; former Ambassador to the UAE Aref Al-Nayed; MP Abdessalam Nassiya; and Head of the Renewal Party Suleiman Al-Bayoudi; along with a comedian and others unknown to the public opinion. The position has not yet captured the attention of women.

 

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