The United Nations envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis, announced the extension of the work of the Libyan political dialogue held in Geneva until tomorrow, Friday, while the participants in the first Libyan military forum announced their reservations about any results of the Geneva Dialogue Forum that produce a "distorted" constitutional base.
The work of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum under the auspices of the United Nations continues for the fourth day in the Swiss city of Geneva, where the forum will discuss setting a constitutional basis for the elections scheduled for December 24, according to the Libyan road map.
Kubis announced the extension of the dialogue's work for one day, after it was scheduled to end today, Thursday.
In his speech today, Kubis said that the international community does not see a choice for Libya's unity and stability except through holding elections next December.
The UN envoy stressed that national reconciliation begins now through the behavior of the participants, noting that the elections are part of reconciliation, expressing his hope that the participants will make optimal use of the additional time, in order to reach a compromise solution.
Despite the proposals made by the Legal Advisory Committee at the Tunis meeting last week, many differences remain between the members of the dialogue forum, related to the conditions for candidacy for elections, the form of elections - parliamentary, parliamentary and presidential - in addition to the form of parliament, with one or two chambers, and the priority of the referendum on Constitution, before or after the elections.
The UN envoy, Jan Kubis, had confirmed that leaving Geneva without an agreement on the constitutional base was an option, he said.
On Monday, the work of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum began to discuss the proposals of the advisory committee of the forum on the constitutional basis on which the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for the end of this year will be held.
The Advisory Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum recommended postponing the referendum on the draft constitution until after the elections.
On the other hand, the participants in the first Libyan military forum in Tripoli, which includes the Defense Committee of the House of Representatives and a number of military leaders, announced their reservations about any results of the Geneva Dialogue Forum that produce a distorted constitutional base, as they described it.
In a statement, the participants stressed the need to start unifying the military institution before holding the elections to ensure their success.
The statement also called on all parties to create conditions for the Presidential Council to carry out its duties, including prohibiting military intervention in political affairs.
For his part, Kamal Al-Jamal, head of the Defense and National Security Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives, said that the consultations touched on the difficulties and obstacles facing the military institution.