Algiers - Sofiane Siyoucef
The Algerian government has decided to withdraw Aisha Gaddafi’s asylum due to what they said was a “lack of respect for the rules of refuge and the releasing of statements against the Libyan Revolution” and Algerian news website has revealed. Most countries however have refused to grant refuge to slain leader Muammar Gaddafi’s cumbersome daughter , including Venezuela and Mexico. The newspaper stated she is to be sent to South Africa next month. The Algerian Foreign Ministry earlier this month deplored Aisha ‘s statement on the Libyan Revolution to a pro-Gaddafi TV station, in which she appealed to her father’s followers to continue the struggle against the new order in Libya. Her actions were described as \"unacceptable\" by Algeria. They added that Aisha was in Algeria for a temporary period only. \"Algeria News,\" the website that published the information confirmed that Aisha, who took refuge in neighbouring Algeria with her mother and two of her brothers as the Libyan capital of Tripoli fell to rebel forces in August, will be sent to South Africa, one of the African countries that opposed the military intervention in Libya. Aisha’s expulsion from Algeria coincides with the announcement of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) head Mustafa Abdul Jalil upcoming visit to Algeria. Jalil is expected to discuss the issue with Algerian officials, as it has dented relations between Algiers and Tripoli. It appears Algeria failed to convince Iraq as well as the Gulf countries to receive Gaddafi’s family. Venezuela for its part justified its rejecti to grant the Gaddafi family asylum on the grounds of its Shiite community’s opposition of Gaddafi after he was accused of the assassination of Musa Al-Sadr. Aisha Gaddafi is due to arrive in South Africa next January.