By Al Bawaba NewsOriginally it was thus: Strongman Khalifa Haftar wanted to run for the Libyan presidency in the polls set for December 24 under UN auspices. He was among the many who registered for the elections that was to run in parallel with the parliamentary elections to be held in the same day. He spent the last years, certainly after 2014 allied with the so-called eastern parliament and fighting the internationally-UN-recognised government of Libya that took its seat in Tripoli. To make matters worse Libya’s military prosecutor Mohammed Gharouda has just issued a warrant for the arrest of Haftar which would certainly rise tempers again in a country that has just seen the end of a years-long bloody civil war. The Military Prosecutor Office added Haftar violated military law by running for president as he “is an officer in the Libyan army and has performed the nomination procedures for the High National Elections Commission,” as quoted by the Turkish news agency.

Source: Libya Today November 25, 2021 23:08 UTC