A Gaddafi appears in the presidential elections in Libya

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, could run for the next presidential elections in the country despite being currently in hiding, according to his collaborators.

Gaddafi has not appeared publicly since he was captured in the Libyan desert by rebels in 2011, following the overthrow and subsequent killing of his father. He was sentenced to death in 2015 but was released two years later and hid in the northwestern city of Zintan.

According to sources close to him who spoke to The Times, he is now ready to return to public life and will soon release a statement to that effect.

They added that Gaddafi had plans to run for elections scheduled for December 24, but any nomination would be subject to the ratification of an electoral law, which could be used by opponents to prevent him from running.

Sources confirmed that Gaddafi – who confirmed his identity to the Times over the phone – opened the doors to foreign diplomats in an effort to gain credibility in any attempt to return to politics.

Its political position would be quite close to Russia and Egypt, also given the eastern area of ​​Libya, near the border with Egypt, where it is now located. At the same time, various political analysts highlight how difficult his election is, also because his figure is still divisive for Libya, which, however, has not yet completely overcome the era of his father's dictatorship. However, his relations with Western countries that led to his father's fall would not be positive and he still has pending matters with international authorities, even though he enjoyed an amnesty in 2016.

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