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| Libyan Elections Have Been Postponed. What Next? | ||
| 2021-12-23 | ||
| I'd say fisticuffs and firearms. What do you think? [LIBYAREVIEW] On Wednesday, the Libyan Parliament issued a decision to form a committee tasked with working on preparing a proposal for a post- 24 December roadmap.
The Parliamentary Committee is chaired by Nasr El-Din Mhenni Ghobashi Moftah, with members including: 1) Abdel-Salam Abdullah Mohammed Nassiyah 2) Misbah Doma, Mohammed Uhaida 3) Mohammed Saad Hammad Saleh 4) Issa Mohammed al-Senussi al-Oraibi 5) Muftah Issa al-Karteji 6) Mohammed Ibrahim Ismail Tamer 7) Khaled Ali Mohammed al-Usta 8) Suleiman Mohammed Mohammed al-Faqih 9) al-Mabrouk Abdullah Mansour al-Kabeer. The Parliament in its resolution No. (13) of 2021, to submit and present its report to the Parliament during its next session. Notably, the committee formed by the Libyan Parliament to follow up the electoral process, concluded that it is "impossible" to hold the Presidential elections on their scheduled date of 24 December. The Head of the committee, al-Hadi al-Saghir wrote a letter to Parliament Speaker, Ageela Saleh stressing that the committee reached this conclusion "after reviewing the technical, security and judicial reports." He asked Saleh to return to his previous position and preside over the upcoming Parliamentary sessions. The committee called for the development of a new road map, "in line with the data resulting from the obstruction of the elections." It also stressed the end of the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) mandate as a caretaker government. Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) proposed postponing the first round of the national elections to 24 January, a month from their scheduled date. The commission said in a press statement that it is proposing this in coordination with the Libyan Parliament. "The Libyan Parliament shall take measures to remove the ’Force Majeure that confronts the completion of the electoral process," HNEC added. It also defended its decisions, claiming h that they were "correct" by excluding a number of candidates who did not meet the conditions.
It was the first official announcement of a delay, which had been widely expected amid ongoing disputes over the rules. With major mobilizations in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... and other western areas by gangs, the collapse of the electoral process risks aggravating local disputes and triggering a new round of violence. Disputes over the path forward could also undo the wider UN-backed grinding of the peace processor between Libya’s main eastern and western camps that have maintained a ceasefire since last year. Factions, candidates and foreign powers have been talking behind the scenes about whether an election can still take place with a short delay or whether a longer postponement is necessary to reach agreement on the legal basis of the vote. Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his other leg...... the status of the interim government that was installed in March as part of the same grinding of the peace processor is also at risk, with the eastern-based parliament having withdrawn confidence from it in September. The parliament’s electoral committee’s statement on Wednesday added that the government’s mandate would expire on Friday. | ||
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