The organization’s envoy to Libya called on the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of the Government to form a joint committee to draft a constitution.
According to Pak Sahafat News agency, quoted by Anatolian News Agency, The UN envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, said: It has called on the two House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of the Government to nominate six representatives from each council to form a joint committee to draft constitutional rules aimed at overcoming existing differences that prevent presidential and parliamentary elections.
Williams wrote on her Twitter page: The Joint Committee is scheduled to convene on the 15th of this month under the auspices of the United Nations and will continue to work for two weeks to achieve the set goal.
Emphasizing the fundamental importance of protecting security and stability and preventing any acts of violence, intimidation, kidnapping, incitement and violence, the UN official stressed: The solution to the Libyan crisis is not in the formation of rival states and permanent transitional stages, but in the path of an agreement that prioritizes the preservation of the unity and territorial integrity of the country and its stability.
Stephanie Williams also proposed mediation between the two rival institutions to facilitate the election process, and Khaled al-Mashri, chairman of the Libyan Supreme Council, welcomed the mediation offer and wrote on his Facebook page: We are ready to announce the will of the Libyan citizens to take the path of elections.
Al-Mashri further stated: The role of this agency is only to monitor the activities of the two committees without interfering in their work.
Disagreements between Libyan groups over the drafting of presidential and parliamentary election laws have escalated, and these disagreements are a threat to the electoral process in the country. But the Libyan Supreme Council, chaired by Khalid al-Mashri, rejected it and announced: These laws were passed without the consent of the Supreme Council.
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Libya’s presidential election scheduled for December 24 has been postponed, and Libyan groups are still hoping to draw up a new roadmap for the next phase that will keep the country from returning to its first home.
The political process in the country collapsed last December due to the lack of scheduled presidential elections, as major political forces and institutions put forward conflicting plans for the election process.
Libya’s new Prime Minister, Fathi Pashaga, was sworn in before parliament on Thursday, along with a number of government ministers, in the absence of several cabinet ministers.
Pashaga said in his speech after taking the oath: We want peace in word and deed, but today some people want to drag us to war, but we will not give them a chance and we will not let a drop of blood be shed from one person. We legally took power in Tripoli. We are working to complete the transition process and hold elections.
The Libyan parliament recently unanimously voted to elect Fathi Pashaga as the new prime minister to replace Abdul Hamid al-Dubaiba.
The Libyan parliament’s vote of no confidence in Fathi Pashaga’s proposed cabinet was announced by a majority of votes, with the national unity government led by Abdul Hamid al-Dubeiba emphasizing that it refused to hand over power and called for elected power.
The al-Dubaiba government further accused the parliament of fraud and announced that it would continue to operate as usual.
Sources also reported the release of two Libyan ministers abducted by armed groups.