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Postponing the Libyan elections has become a reality in light of talk of possible scenarios to get out of the current crisis before the term of the national unity government expires on December 24 and move away from the specter of an executive government vacuum.

While the United Nations is making efforts with the Libyan parties to save the electoral process before it fails as a whole, the actors in the political process are continuing to find a way out that satisfies the various parties and to maintain commitment to the elections when the appropriate conditions are available to hold them.

Although the Electoral Commission announced its readiness for any alternative options in the event of the postponement of the elections, analysts and politicians consider it impossible to hold them at the present time, especially after the competition reached the judiciary and allowed figures accused of war crimes to enter the electoral race.

More than 2.83 million - out of 7 million - registered in the electoral system to participate in the vote, which was scheduled for December 24.

Williams is holding talks in Libya about the repercussions of the failed elections (Anatolia Agency)

Elections faltered

Al-Hadi Al-Saghir, a member of the House of Representatives, confirmed the receipt of the report of the Electoral Commission to be presented to the first session of the House of Representatives when it is determined by the Presidency of the Council in the coming days.

The head of the Electoral Legislation Drafting Committee told Al Jazeera Net, "The elections were postponed without announcing the postponement, and the Electoral Commission did not set any date and left the door open to the House of Representatives, and the Commission only has to submit a proposal for another date that it proposes and is considered by the House of Representatives."

Al-Saghir continued, "Ms. Stephanie Williams' entry into the file has great repercussions, and we are facing open scenarios, including the Libyans going to a new dialogue in Geneva, or the consensus between the House of Representatives and the state, or between the House of Representatives and the Presidential Council, or the House of Representatives takes unilateral decisions, and the international community must fulfill their implementation." .

Al-Saghir stressed that there is a new road map in light of the faltering elections due to the fact that the national unity government has expired by law, and a quick way out must be found because the electoral process needs legal and quick remedies from the House of Representatives.

Al-Saghir considered that "the most important reasons for postponing the elections are the defective and contradictory laws issued by the House of Representatives without consensus with the State Council to ensure their constitutionality, as well as the exclusion of political parties from running in the elections and the prevention of controversial personalities from running in the presidential elections and the loss of the presidency of the Electoral Commission to impartiality and the lack of regional and international consensus to support the success of The election".


The reality

Fathallah al-Sariri, a member of the Supreme Council of State, stressed that postponing the elections may be for months or a year to arrange the appropriate conditions for holding the upcoming elections in better conditions, provided that the legislative elections precede the presidential elections, "which is the best and is a step towards creating the general atmosphere."

In a statement to Al-Jazeera Net, Al-Sariri believes that the solution is with new consensus on a road map that establishes a temporary executive authority until the completion of the country's preparation for presidential and legislative elections and a referendum on the draft constitution.

He pointed out that the postponement has become a fait accompli imposed by the lack of regional and international consensus, and before that the internal and temporally it became impossible, and all local parties accepted the process of postponing the elections.

Member of the Supreme Council of State, Ahmed Naqi, considered that the presidential elections will be postponed for a period of time, and the legislative elections are awaiting the amendment of the electoral law by the House of Representatives, with the possibility of holding them next year.

He told Al Jazeera Net, "I expect in the next stage the formation of a new presidential council of 3 members and a prime minister for a period of one to two years."

Naqi stated that the international situation today, with the postponement of the presidential elections, especially by Turkey and Egypt, are the main players in the Libyan file.