The Libyan arena is witnessing rapid political developments following the announcement by the United Nations Mission in Libya that the members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum agreed to the proposal for a new executive authority selection mechanism, in conjunction with the Libyan Constitutional Committee meeting in Egypt to complete the constitutional track consultations.
The United Nations Mission in Libya conducted a one-day voting process from Monday to Tuesday morning, during which members of the dialogue were asked to cast their votes to choose the voting mechanism for the new executive authority.
After marathon consultations between members of the Libyan political dialogue, more than 85 days;
The advisory committee emanating from the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum presented its proposal regarding the mechanism for selecting the new executive authority in Libya.
Al-Jazeera Net presents the political efforts to agree on mechanisms for selecting the executive authority in the form of a question and answer, in the context of the search for a peaceful solution to the Libyan crisis.
What mechanism did the members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum choose?
The mechanism proposed by the advisory committee agreed upon by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum states that each electoral college separately names its representative in the new Presidency Council, relying on the principle of consensus in choosing 70% of the electoral college in the region.
In the event that the required percentage of 70% is not reached, what is the procedure?
If it is not possible to agree by 70% in choosing the personalities from the electoral college, then lists of all regions are formed, consisting of 4 people, each of whom determines the position for which he is running for the presidency of the Presidency Council, the Vice Presidents and the Presidency of the Government.
In order for the list to enter the general vote in the hall, it must obtain 17 recommendations distributed over the three regions, which are 8 recommendations for each candidate from the West, 6 recommendations for each candidate from the East, and 3 recommendations for each candidate from the South, with some change in some details related to the victory of 3 or One or two in the electoral complexes.
How will the lists look like agreed upon in the selection mechanism?
Each list consists of 4 persons who are agreed upon taking into account the specified geographical criteria, provided that each list holds one candidate for the position of prime minister, and 3 candidates from the members selected for membership of the Presidential Council from the electoral complexes (the region).
Those who run for the post of prime minister are required to obtain a number of not less than 17 recommendations from the members of the General Electoral College, provided that the candidate who attains 70% in any electoral college is the representative of the region in the four lists.
What is the mechanism of winning the lists of power?
All lists are presented to the members of the political dialogue for selection, and the list that gets votes wins 60% of the hall votes in the first round, and if none of the lists gets this required percentage, the two lists that get the highest percentage will compete in the second round, provided that the selection is made. List that wins 50 + 1.
The President of the Presidency Council shall be one of the members selected for its membership from the electoral complexes of the regions from the winning list, and from a region different from the Prime Minister's region.
How many votes did the new authority selection mechanism get?
The advisory committee’s proposal regarding the new authority selection mechanism won 73% of the participating votes, as the proposal was approved to exceed the required minimum required by the advisory committee with 63% of the votes cast by members of the political dialogue.
72 members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum participated in the voting process, as 51 of them voted in favor of the proposed mechanism, 19 members voted against the proposed mechanism, while two members abstained from voting, and two others did not participate in the process.
What is the constitutional committee doing in Egypt?
Members of the Constitutional Committee, representatives of the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of the State, arrived in Hurghada, Egypt, to discuss arrangements for the Libyan elections scheduled to take place in December 2021.
Meetings between members of the House of Representatives and the state (15 + 15) begin with the aim of agreeing on a constitutional basis for holding the next scheduled elections, and evaluating the proposals submitted by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum.