Meshri pulling out to open door for Brotherhood inside Libya’s State Council

Amira al-Sharif

Chairman of the Supreme State Council in Libya Khaled al-Meshri said he would not run for a second term at the top of the council.

He did this apparently to give the opportunity to a candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood to succeed him, which throws some light on the plans of the terrorist organization in Libya.

Meshri posted a video in which he said he ran to become the head of the council a few years ago, only with the aim of making some balances on the Libyan political stage.

These balances are present already in most of the lists competing for positions within the council, he said.

He added that he wants to give the opportunity for new politicians to take their places on Libya’s political stage.

Meshri said he still has a lot of work within the council, including the formulation of new laws that ease the electoral process in Libya.

He advised those voting in the elections to select the candidates who would serve the best interests of their country.

Meshri has pulled out of the Supreme State Council elections only to give the chance for those who would succeed him to move in the same track, observers said.

They added that he also pulled out in order to prepare himself for the presidential elections which are expected to take place in the coming period.

The Libyans, the same observers said, now face the Muslim Brotherhood which has been operating for 90 years now.

This movement has vas political experience, they added.