Belhaj, the former leader of the Libyan terrorist organization known as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, spoke with Libyan TV channel Al-Masar during an interview which aired on Saturday evening. The 56-year-old proposed that “candidates of the political Islam movement” should not participate in the upcoming elections. According to Belhaj, the attempted forceful entry deepened the fracture between the divided military establishment in both the eastern and western Libya. Belhaj went on to reveal that maintains communication with military personnel in the Libyan scene, including the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. “I have had contact with him several times and on more than one occasion,” adding that Haftar “has the right to present his visions and ideas.”
