On 24 November, Libya’s High Electoral Commission (HNEC) announced that it had rejected Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s candidacy, which he had filed on 14 November in an electoral office in Sebha, in the Fezzan. In 2015, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was sentenced to death by a court in Tripoli. However, a general amnesty law was then introduced, which concerned all Libyans that had been involved in the 2011 crisis. Béchir Saleh tooSaleh, who fled Libya in 2011, took refuge in France. He then returned to Libya and registered as a presidential candidate.

Source: Libya Today November 25, 2021 14:54 UTC