Libya: The Supreme Council of State calls on Al-Sarraj to postpone his resignation

The Libyan Supreme Council of State asked the President of the Presidency Council, Faiz Al-Sarraj, to continue performing his duties until the selection of a new presidential council, in order to avoid any political vacuum, and for the sake of the country's stability, a day after a similar request submitted by the Parliament in Tripoli.

This came in a message from the head of the Supreme Council, Khaled Al-Mishri, to Al-Sarraj, today, Thursday, and it was based on the governing principles of the Libyan political agreement.

These principles stipulate "full commitment to the Constitutional Declaration and the political process based on the principles of democracy and the peaceful transfer of power."

The letter also included the text of an article from the same agreement stating that "the resignation of the prime minister, his death, or the vacancy of his position for any reason leads to the resignation of the entire government."

Al-Mishri also attributed his request to the exceptional circumstances that Libya is going through at the present time, and the direction to the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum expected to be held in Tunisia on the 9th of next month, which will lead to the restructuring of the Presidency Council with a prime minister independent of the Council, leading to the holding of national elections In the shortest possible time frame.

The House of Representatives

In the same context, the Libyan House of Representatives in Tripoli called al-Sarraj to postpone his decision on his intention to hand over power at the end of this October, "for reasons of higher interest."

In a message published yesterday, Wednesday, the Council called on Al-Sarraj to provide a briefing to the Council next Monday on the political situation, and to raise the obstacles that the government faces in managing crises.

Last September, Al-Sarraj announced his "sincere desire" to hand over his duties to the next executive authority, no later than the end of October, provided that the dialogue committee has completed its work.

On the 11th of this month, the acting UN envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, announced in a statement that the Libyan Dialogue Forum will start on the 26th of the same month with preliminary meetings via video call, while Tunisia will host the first direct meeting in November.