Former Iraqi president, Sadam Hussain’s daughter, Rhgad Sadam had thrown massive support for Gaddafi’s son Saif Al-Islam for standing for president in the next Libyan election which will take place in December.
On Sunday, November 14th, the son of Libya’s late ruler Muammar Gaddafi emerged in public for the first time in nearly a decade to register as a presidential candidate for a December election aimed at bringing an end to the years of chaos that followed his father’s demise.
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, 49, was seen signing documents at a polling station in the southern town of Sebha while wearing a traditional brown robe and turban, as well as a grey beard and glasses, in an election commission video.
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Following Saif al-Islam’s announcement as a presidential candidate, the daughter of late Iraqi president, Sadam Hussain, Rhagad has thrown her support for him on Twitter.
Saif al-Islam Ambitions.
Saif al-Islam has become something of a cipher for Libyans after just over a decade in power. For years, Zintan fighters kept him concealed, and his perspectives on the problem are unknown.
He spoke to the New York Times earlier this year, but he has yet to make a public appearance in which he addresses Libyans directly.
Gaddafi’s presidential ambitions were hindered by the fact that he was tried in absentia in 2015 by a Tripoli court in which he appeared via video link from Zintan and was sentenced to die for war crimes including the slaughter of protesters during the 2011 insurrection.
He would almost probably face arrest or other threats if he appeared openly in Tripoli. In addition, the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for him.
Saif al-Islam, educated at the London School of Economics and a fluent English speaker, was once seen as Libya’s respectable, Western-friendly face and a likely heir apparent by many governments.
When a rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi’s long rule erupted in 2011, Saif al-Islam instantly chose family and clan allegiance over his many Western contacts, telling Reuters television: “We fight here in Libya; we die here in Libya.”
