Libya | U.N. following attempts to thwart electoral process
The Hindu
Libya’s top electoral body last week issued a list of candidates who did not meet conditions to run for office; among them was Seif al-Islam Qaddafi, the son of and once heir-apparent to the late dictator.
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Judges there are responsible for deciding on whether Seif al-Islam Qaddafi, the onetime heir apparent to his father, will be able to run for the country's top office, after he filed an appeal against a decision last week that barred him from taking part. The country's impending elections are the result of years of U.N.-led negotiations between the country's warring parties.
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