The Libyan presidential election is more than ever on the wing.
In question, two expected but particularly divisive postulants: Seïf al-Islam Kadhafi, son of the dictator assassinated in 2011, and Khalifa Haftar, soldier who controls Benghazi, cradle of the revolution and capital of Cyrenaica (East Libyan) since 2017.
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These candidatures, filed respectively Sunday in Sebha (southern Libya) and Tuesday in Benghazi, have fueled tensions over the holding of the presidential election on December 24.
This date, to which the international community is so keen, already seemed unrealistic for questions of fairness, logistics, and a contested electoral law.
“It was already very complicated.
Each time, the process tumbles down a step.
There, it is a substantial step ”
, estimates Jean-Louis Roman, director of North African Policy Initiative (Napi), an NGO whose objective is to develop public policies in the region.
The researcher fears that the international community
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