Libyan parl't speaker's advisor stresses importance of participation in election

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Sun, 21 Nov 2021 - 12:49 GMT

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Libya’s former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha registers to run in the country’s much-anticipated presidential elections to be held on Dec. 24. (AFP)

Libya’s former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha registers to run in the country’s much-anticipated presidential elections to be held on Dec. 24. (AFP)

CAIRO - 21 November 2021: Advisor to the Speaker of the Libyan Parliament Fathi al-Mariamy reiterated the importance of Libyans heading to ballot boxes to cast their votes in the presidential election to help realize peace, security, stability and overall reconciliation in the country.


In exclusive statements to Sky News Sunday, the advisor to the Libyan parliament speaker said the majority of Libyans want the election, support election laws as Libyans have a great experience in this respect.

He said 24 candidates are running for the post of the president, as the choice is left for the Libyans.

Libya’s former interior minister Fathi Bashagha announced his bid to run for president in the much-anticipated elections next month, the latest candidate to join the race for the highest office in the devastated by years of civil war.
 
Bashagha submitted his candidacy papers in Tripoli, and declared that his political platform envisages “a new Libya" based on justice, respect for human rights and a market-led economy.
 

The speaker of the eastern-based Libyan parliament, Aguila Saleh, also submitted papers to stand in presidential elections.The elections, scheduled for Dec. 24, remain in doubt amid disputes over the rules.

The race kicked off on Sunday, when Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of the late dictator, filed his official candidacy papers in the southern town of Sabha. Saif Al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity, spent recent years in hiding after he was released from a militia-run prison in the town of Zintan in June 2017.

 
Libya has been wracked by chaos since an uprising toppled Qaddafi in 2011. The country had for years been split between a government in the east and a UN-supported administration in Tripoli, aided by western-based militias.

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