Gadhafi’s Son Hints At Libya Presidential Bid

Gadhafi’s Son Hints At Libya Presidential Bid
Seif al-Islam
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The son of slain dictator Moamer Gadhafi, Seif al-Islam has stated that he wants to ‘restore the lost unity’ of Libya after a decade of chaos and does not exclude standing for the presidency.

He gave the hint when he spoke in a rare interview with New York Times which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

For years, mystery had surrounded the precise whereabouts of a man wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The 49-year-old, who before 2011 had been seen as his father’s presumed successor, said politicians in the decade since have brought Libyans ‘nothing but misery’.

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‘It is time for a return to the past. The country — it’s on its knees… There’s no money, no security. There’s no life here,’ Seif al-Islam said in his first appearance in years.

After four decades in power, Moamer Kadhafi and his relatives were the target of a popular uprising in 2011.

Three of the dictator’s seven sons were killed, but the fate of Seif al-Islam, whose name means “sword of Islam” was unknown.

He was captured by a Libyan militia in November 2011, days after his father was killed.

Four years later, a Tripoli court sentenced him in absentia to death for crimes committed during the revolt.

The ICC has repeatedly asked for him to be handed over for trial.

In recent years Libya has been split between two rival administrations backed by foreign forces and countless militias.

In October, after Turkey-backed forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) routed those of eastern military strongman Khalifa Haftar, the two camps agreed on a ceasefire in Geneva.

 

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK

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