SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and chairman of the Al Qaddafi International Foundation for Charity and Development, addresses students and staff at the American University in Cairo, in 2010 - REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSHCAIRO – 17 December 2017: “Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former Libyan president, enjoys the support of major tribes in Libya so he can run for the upcoming presidential elections due in 2018,” said Libyan Tribal Chief and spokesperson of the Gaddafi family, Basem al-Hashimi al-Soul told Egypt Today.“Saif al-Islam will run for the upcoming presidential elections which may take place in mid-2018,” al-Soul revealed to Egypt Today.Al-Soul told Egypt Today that Saif al-Islam has prepared his platform which he intends to declare soon. “We believe that presidential elections will be held in the middle of 2018,” Siala told foreign reporters.The foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria have convened in Tunisia on Saturday to resume discussions over the security and political developments of Libya. Libya has become the largest security threat facing the Egyptian state, along with Tunisia and Algeria. The Skhirat Agreement was put into practice on April 6, 2016.The Government of National Accord, led by Fayez al-Sarraj was the first concrete outcome from the Skhirat Agreement. The first meeting of the cabinet of the Government of National Accord took place on January 2, 2016 in Tunisia.

Source: Egypt Today December 17, 2017 13:18 UTC