Under the title "Twitter Deletes Saif al-Islam's Account Days After His Candidacy for Libya Elections," Al Arabiya reported that after hours of opening an account on Twitter, the platform closed Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's official account. This account was launched yesterday, where he urged Libyans to go to the election commission branches to collect their voter cards to decide their future and that of their children, as he expressed.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a candidate for the presidential elections, called on Wednesday in his first official statement "all those who believe in the national reconciliation project to engage in the electoral process by heading to the offices of the High National Election Commission to collect their voter cards, in order to participate in the upcoming elections scheduled for December 24." He confirmed that "the available voter cards at the High National Election Commission offices are a gateway to the ballot boxes for participating in the independent national decision-making, to enhance the legitimacy of the new political institutions that will be elected to lead the country, rehabilitate it, and make the necessary decisions to restore its prestigious status among nations."
Saif al-Islam concluded his statement by saying, "I hope your response will be broad and your interaction positive and aware of the interests of the nation and your love for it." After launching his official account on Twitter, he called in his first tweet for Libyans to go to the election commission branches to collect their voter cards to determine their futures and that of their children, before the site eventually closed his account.
On Monday, the High National Election Commission's website in Libya was hacked, with hackers publishing a news item claiming the rejection of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's presidential candidacy. The commission later retracted the announcement stating that they had rejected Gaddafi's candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections "due to protests."
Meanwhile, armed militias in the cities of Zawiya and Gharian closed election centers, and also suspended work at the headquarters of the High National Election Commission in Zliten to express their rejection of Gaddafi's candidacy for the presidential elections. These militias announced their rejection of the elections, in light of the commission's acceptance of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s candidacy papers, warning that conducting these elections in their current form would bring Libya back to the initial circle and result in a war with unknown implications or outcomes.
