By Chioma Iruke
The High National Elections Commission and the Libyan Judiciary has been urged by Amnesty International to exclude what it described as people reasonably suspected of crimes under international law from the Presidential election race which is to take place on December 24, 2021.
In a Facebook post, the organization called for the exclusion to be valid until the end of the ongoing investigations into the allegations against some personalities, whose names weren’t mentioned.
Amnesty International stressed the need to remove figures suspected of committing crimes from positions that may enable them to commit other violations, cover up crimes, interfere in investigations, or give them immunity from prosecution.
The organization’s demands come a day after the Sabha Appeals Court accepted the appeal submitted by the Presidential candidate, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, who was excluded by a decision of the Electoral Commission, and against whom an arrest warrant was issued by the International Criminal Court.
Heritage Times had earlier reported that 98 Candidates had expressed interest to run for Presidency. This included two women and son of slain detector Muammar Gaddafi.
