A number of members of the Libyan House of Representatives demanded the presidency of the Council to hold a session today, Monday, to question the head of the High Electoral Commission and the supervisors of the security and judicial process, and this comes amid doubts about the possibility of organizing the presidential elections on their scheduled date on December 24.

And the Anatolia news agency said that 70 deputies - most of them supporters of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar - signed a statement calling for the accountability of the head of the Electoral Commission, Imad Al-Taiha, and those responsible for security and the judiciary, noting that the statement comes days after a court in Al-Zawiya city (60 km west of the capital, Tripoli). A preliminary ruling excluding Haftar from the presidential elections.

These representatives warned the Electoral Commission not to announce the final list of candidates for the presidential elections before the accountability of the electoral process supervisors ends, so that the House of Representatives can assess the situation and ways to save the electoral process on time, as they put it.

They said that they are following with great concern what they described as the negative developments of the electoral process, the failure to implement and circumvent the law by judicial institutions and the High Elections Commission, and silence on what they called suspicions of fraud, vote buying and influencing the judiciary by intimidation or enticement.

The Electoral Commission is supposed to announce within the days of the final list of candidates for the presidential elections, after the judicial appeals stage ends.

And a court in the city of Sebha (southern Libya) returned a ruling described as final, requiring the return of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi to the list of candidates for these elections.

Libyan parties - including the Supreme Council of State - oppose holding presidential elections in the absence of the constitution and in light of the laws recently approved by the Libyan House of Representatives, which Dabaiba described as flawed.

Western powers, led by the United States, are pushing for the Libyan presidential elections to be held on time, although there is a fear that internal divisions and the fragile security situation may hinder their holding.

Haftar submitted his candidacy for the presidential elections in the city of Benghazi, eastern Libya (Reuters)

Fair elections

A number of leaders of the revolutionaries and brigades in the city of Misurata confirmed their adherence to the democratic path and the holding of fair elections, provided that they derive their strength from correct laws in accordance with constitutional rules.

In a statement, the leaders of the Misurata revolutionaries and brigades rejected the participation of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in the presidential elections.

The statement said that the arrival of such figures to power entails entering the country into a cycle of violence and endless conflict, as they put it.

Recently, demonstrations took place in Tripoli and several cities in western Libya, denouncing the nomination of figures accused of involvement in crimes against Libyans, led by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Khalifa Haftar.

In addition to the presidential elections, Libya is expected to witness parliamentary elections.

The Electoral Commission said that 3,967 people across Libya had submitted their candidacies for this poll.