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| Election 2014: Juma Ateega warns Congress members standing for the House of Representatives |
| 2014-06-25 |
| [Libya Herald] The former First Deputy President of the General National Congress, lawyer Juma Ateega, has claimed that member of Congress are constitutionally barred from standing in tomorrow's elections to the new House of Representatives. Speaking on Aljazeera TV last night, he said that under the August 2011 Constitutional Declaration, which for the moment is effectively Libya's acting constitution, they were not allowed to present themselves as candidates. There could be court cases after the elections, he warned, to disbar any current members of Congress who were elected tomorrow. A handful of Congress members of former members are standing although there has been a social media campaign to try and persuade voters to reject them. |
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