Libyan court allows Haftar to run for presidency

Anadolu Agency ^ | December 6, 2021 | Mohammad Erteima, Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara

[SunkenCiv]

The Tripoli Court of Appeal on Monday overturned an earlier verdict to exclude Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar from this month’s presidential elections, according to local media.

The private Libya Al-Ahrar TV said the court ruled to allow Haftar to run in the Dec. 24 polls.

Last week, a court in the western city of al-Zawiya issued a ruling to exclude Haftar from the vote.

Last month, a Libyan court had disqualified Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former strongman Muammar Gaddafi, from the polls, before he appealed the verdict.

On Wednesday, Libya’s elections commission is expected to announce a final list of candidates for the presidential polls.

Libya’s presidential and parliamentary elections are set to take place on Dec. 24 under a UN-sponsored agreement reached by Libyan political rivals during meetings in Tunisia last November.

Libyans hope that the upcoming elections will contribute to ending an armed conflict that has plagued the oil-rich country for years.

[SunkenCiv]

• keyword: Khalifa Haftar

[SunkenCiv]

• Son of Libyan warlord reported to visit Israel, offer ties in return for backing
  Saddam Haftar said to carry message from his father requesting ‘military and diplomatic’ assistance in return for a pledge to normalize relations with the Jewish state
  Times of Israel staff | 8 November 2021

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• and from All Jizz: Candidacy of Gaddafi’s son, Haftar creates ‘farcical’ Libya vote
  Analysts, citizens warn Libya faces return to chaos, war as Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Khalifa Haftar seek presidential run.
  Arwa Ibrahim | 16 Nov 2021

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[mylife]

just don’t let Obama or Hillary run.

Pigs

[mylife]

Ghaddafi was being a good little bitch and along comes Obie and Hilary..

I think they wanted beachfront property..

[mylife]

meanwhile a border war in Morocco with Algiers..

[mylife]

and trouble in Djibouti..

[FreedomPoster]

I think the people behind them didn’t like the idea of a gold and oil backed less-fiat-y currency.

[CatHerd]

His name is sometimes spelled Hifter, and usually was back during the 2011 debacle (Op Idiocy Dawn). Perhaps we were embarrassed by its similarity to Hitler, especially when people started calling him that. He’s our boy!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/us/politics/hifter-torture-lawsuit-libya.hhtml

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-former-cia-asset-has-become-a-us-headache-in-libya/2016/08/17/a766e392-54c6-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html

Dual citizen, Libyan-American, CIA asset, torturer, all-around bad boy, headache and “free electron”. Interesting fella.