instead, saif al-islam, will be tried at home. in addition to that the government announced that they’ve captured the former regime’s intelligence minister,anne cartier livron, abdullah al-senoussi, who is also wanted by the court.
in regards to saif al-islam, information minister mahmoud shammam told ap, “it is only fair for the libyan people that he is tried here. ... seif al-islam committed crimes against the libyan people.”
“the icc is just a secondary court,calibre cartier, and the people of libya will not allow seif al-islam to be tried outside,” shammam continued.
the pressure is now on saif al-islam’s government to prosecute him. icc spokesman fadi el abdallah said sunday, according to msnbc, “the issue is that there is already a case before the (icc) court."
"now libya has a legal obligation under international law to present a challenge to say: 'we have this suspect and he will be dealt with under our national laws.'"
