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Libya's gruesome march to Christmas elections

2021-10-02T16:45:35.405Z


While officially defending it, Libyan politicians are torpedoing the unifying electoral process of the UN.


The campaign has started.

The presidential candidates, more or less declared, are active.

The only problem is that the December 24 election, pushed by the international community, is still hypothetical.

The legislative elections, announced for the same day, seem even more improbable.

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Fathi Bashagha, former Minister of the Interior in the government of Tripoli - Libya was divided between two authorities, one in the East and the other in the West, between 2014 and 2021 - has been traveling the capitals for months.

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the dictator assassinated in 2011, reappeared for the first time since his release in 2017, in an interview with the

New York Times

.

Aguilah Saleh, president of the House of Representatives - Parliament elected in 2014 which sits in the east of the country - plays with the words: "

I cannot say anything about the presidential election as long as the door for the submission of candidatures does not is not open.

Announcing my candidacy would not be appropriate.

»Khalifa Haftar, chef

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Source: lefigaro

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