Saif Gaddafi for Libya President: Press Conference in Tunisia

BY Libyan Express Mar 18, 2018 - 21:37 Updated: Mar 18, 2018 - 21:59

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi behind bars attending a trial after his capture in Zintan city [Photo: Archive – Internet]

Local Tunisian media and social media activists circulated over the last two days an invitation for the press to attend a press conference in Tunis to shed light on Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi’s presidential bid.

“Mr. Ayman Abu Ras – the spokesman for the Libyan Popular Front – will hold a presser on Monday at 10.30 a.m.” The ad for the Moamar Gaddafi son’s quest to come back to Libya as the leader says.

It also adds that the presser will touch upon the reform program that Saif Gaddafi has for Libya.

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi is seeking to become the president of Libya , a Gaddafi family spokesman said late last year, adding he will run in the 2018 presidential election.

Saif Gaddafi was released in June after a six-year imprisonment by militia fighters of the city of Zintan.

Meanwhile, Libya is going to hold its elections for the President of Libya and for the Parliament posts as well on September 30, according to the Head of the High National Elections Committee, who said that every Libyan national can run for president, even Saif Gaddafi.

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