After a long absence, the name is back Saif al-Islam Gaddafi He returned to the fore during the past hours, following a new image of him spread among Libyans, in the latest appearance so far, months following his disappearance, since submitting his candidacy papers to the presidential elections in November of last year.
Gaddafi’s son appeared wearing a white shirt and with a long gray beard, holding a Qur’an in front of a home library, from inside his residence, and his amputated right hand, which he had deliberately hidden during his previous appearance, was clearly visible in the picture, where the thumb was cut off.
It is noteworthy that the son of the late colonel had disappeared since his appearance in the city of Sabha in the south of the country, on the day he submitted his candidacy papers for the presidential elections in November of last year. After his candidacy faced a major problem at the time, following his conviction by a Libyan court and the issuance of an arrest warrant once morest him by the International Criminal Court.
New picture of Saif Al-Islam
This prompted the High Electoral Commission to exclude him from the initial list of candidates, before the Sabha court did justice to him and decided to include his name in the final lists of presidential candidates in Libya, which might not be carried out due to legal disputes over the eligibility of candidates and conditions for candidacy, and political tensions between the competing camps.
It is noteworthy that Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi launched at the end of last January a political initiative to solve what he described as “the political impasse in the country”, including postponing the presidential elections and holding the parliamentary elections. From the road map imposed on the Libyans and respects the will of 2.5 million voters.
The return of one of the pillars of the former Gaddafi regime to the country’s political life last year sparked widespread controversy and rejection by some political parties opposed to his father’s rule.
