In justifying the measure, the HNEC specified that the electoral law requires that candidates cannot have been convicted of a serious crime and must also have no criminal record. Parliamentarian Saleh Afhima also criticized the HNEC for its “selective application of the articles of the electoral law”, which, in his opinion, is a political decision. For his part, leader of the Libyan People’s National Movement, Mustafa Al Zaidi, denounced that those who worked in government during the time of Gaddafi were marginalized. In a Facebook post, al Zaidi accused the Muslim Brotherhood of being behind this campaign. The electoral commission vetoed him based on an article that requires the candidate “to be medically fit to perform the functions of the presidency”.

Source: Libya Today November 25, 2021 20:15 UTC