The head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Jan Kubis, said today, Monday, that anyone who obstructs the political transition and the holding of elections in Libya will be held accountable.
In his speech during the opening of a new session of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum hosted by the Swiss city of Geneva until next Thursday, Kubis said, "It is unfortunate that Parliament was not up to the level of responsibility entrusted to it in approving the constitutional basis for elections and passing the law regulating elections."
"Parliamentary and presidential elections must take place according to what was agreed upon in the road map approved by the forum in the Tunisian capital, and that its results be accepted by all," he added.
The United Nations is seeking to hold national elections next December in Libya, according to what was stated in the road map approved by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum earlier, and according to what was stated in United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 2570 of 2021.
Prime Minister of the Libyan National Unity Government Abdel Hamid Dabaiba (right) in a meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (Reuters)
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About 75 delegates are participating in the ongoing discussions, as they hope to agree on constitutional rules for presidential and parliamentary elections, and many participants expressed optimism at the start of the talks.
Member of the Libyan Supreme Council of State, Magda Al-Falah, said that the goal is to reach a consensus that serves the country, brings it out of its crisis, achieves stability, and motivates the economy again to start a "new era" of democracy, justice and civil state.
For its part, the Advisory Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum recommended postponing the referendum on the draft constitution until after the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for December 24 next.
This came within a package of recommendations submitted by the committee to a meeting of the forum, to consider and take the appropriate decision regarding them, according to the official Libyan News Agency.
There is a dispute in Libya between two parties, as the first wants to hold a referendum on the draft constitution before the elections, while the other sees the postponement of the referendum on the grounds of lack of time and the existence of logistical obstacles.
The committee also recommended holding presidential elections on the basis of lists comprising a president, a vice president and a prime minister each.
Regarding the conditions for running for the presidency, the committee recommended that holders of dual citizenship and those married to foreigners against whom final court rulings have been issued are not eligible.
The advisory committee reached these recommendations during a meeting in Tunis between Thursday and Saturday.
For months, Libya witnessed a political breakthrough. On March 16, an elected transitional authority comprising a unity government and a presidential council assumed its duties to lead the country to elections.