The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aqila Saleh, said that he informed the United Nations envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis, that the national unity government continues to work, and that there will be no power vacuum in the country, less than a week after the House of Representatives passed by a majority a resolution to withdraw confidence from the government of Abdul Majid Dabaiba.
Saleh added, in an interview with a local Libyan channel, that there are no restrictions on the work of the national unity government at home, and that it can carry out its tasks until the elections.
He explained that the parliament’s goal of withdrawing confidence from the government is to prevent it from concluding long-term contracts with abroad, which may entail large debts on the people, stressing that the unity government is “a temporary, restricted, non-absolute government, limited by a preliminary stage until elections are held on December 24.” next December.
void move
The House of Representatives - based in the eastern city of Tobruk - had voted last Tuesday to withdraw confidence from the unity government, in a move that the Supreme Council of State described as invalid for violating the procedures of the constitutional declaration and the political agreement.
Last night, the Libyan capital, Tripoli, witnessed a demonstration in support of the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba.
Dabaiba said during his participation in the gathering that there is no turning back in Libya's political path, and that his government's project "establishes life, not death," stressing the need to hold elections on time, in order to "preserve Libya's unity, end division and fragmentation and stop wars."
run for election
Regarding the candidacy for the presidential elections, the Speaker of the House of Representatives said, "I cannot say anything about running for the presidency until the door for announcing candidacy is opened, and before that, declaring my candidacy is not appropriate."
Aguila Saleh added, "We do not want anyone to be excluded, and whoever sees his candidacy for the presidency or parliament should apply according to the law issued in this regard," stressing that the solution to the Libyan crisis lies in holding presidential and parliamentary elections, and that the Libyans want that.
The Libyan official stated that the House of Representatives will issue the parliamentary elections law in its next session or the one after it.
Tensions have recently returned between the institutions of governance in Libya due to differences between the House of Representatives on the one hand, and the Supreme Council of State, the unity government and the Presidential Council on the other hand, especially with regard to powers and electoral bills.
These tensions threaten the political detente that Libya has witnessed for months, as an elected transitional authority, comprising a unity government and a presidential council, assumed on March 16 its duties to lead the country to parliamentary and presidential elections at the end of next year.