Libya rivals agree roadmap for elections within 24 months at UN-led talks
The deal sets elections within 24 months and creates a fallback plan for constitutional approval and U.N. Security Council backing if lawmakers do not endorse it.
- On Sunday, representatives of Libya's rival political authorities signed a UN-brokered agreement in Tripoli to hold presidential and parliamentary elections within 24 months, resolving disputes over electoral laws and reforming the national elections body.
- The 4+4 committee, representing Libya's four main institutions, negotiated this framework following the collapse of previous 6+6 electoral laws that linked parliamentary votes to presidential results and required mandatory second rounds.
- Elections will be held under unified national institutions and a single executive authority, with all candidates required to renounce foreign nationalities and resign from military or civilian positions before taking office.
- Walid Ellafi, state minister of political affairs in the Government of National Unity, said elections must occur "within a period not exceeding 24 months," while Shibani AbuHamoud, head of the army's general command, committed to developing an implementation framework within one month.
- If the House of Representatives and High Council of State fail to approve the deal within one month, parties will seek national adoption as a constitutional document and secure international backing through the U.N. Security Council.
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In Libya, it is planned to be elected within two years. But are the rival governments ready to give up power? The UN is talking about "important steps" for a rapprochement between the hostile governments.
The signing of the final agreement by the "4+4" committee on the implementation of a road map to the United Nations has opened up new questions about the legitimacy of outputs, their accreditation mechanism and the ability of Libyan institutions to transform them into procedures that effectively lead to elections.
This article was first published through Cedarnews.net. To follow up on more exclusive news and reports, they visited us on our website. Representatives of the authorities in eastern and western Libya sign an agreement in Tripoli under the auspices of the United Nations that was presented as a step towards holding elections in the country governed by two parallel governments.
(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = Rival factions in Libya, North Africa, which have been embroiled in civil war-level conflict for years, [held] the long-delayed nationwide... on the 30th (local time)
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