Libya: a parliamentary session for a new electoral calendar

A man reads a local newspaper in the Libyan capital Tripoli on December 23, 2021, with a front page article about the country's postponement of presidential elections.

Libyans have expressed a mixture of frustration and anxiety after the postponement of elections scheduled for December 24.

AFP - MAHMUD TURKIA

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In Libya, after the announcement of the postponement of the presidential election which should have been held this Friday, December 24 - date of the 70th anniversary of independence - the Parliament appoints a committee responsible for preparing a new roadmap for the transition.

The mandate of Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah officially ends on December 24 according to the Geneva political agreement. 

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On Monday, December 27, Parliament will study the issue of a government reshuffle to appoint a new executive until the presidential election, which should not take place in a month, but rather in a window of six to twelve months.

This is what parliamentary sources working on this new roadmap say, according to information gathered by

, of the Africa service of RFI. 

The Parliament will look into Monday on the proposal of the Electoral Commission to organize the election on January 24, but the adoption of this date is far from certain given the internal divisions and the standoff between the Parliament which headquarters in Toubrouk, to the east, and the authorities in Tripoli.  

While Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah is multiplying the signals indicating that he wants to keep his post, forces from the West and the East consider that it should not be extended. 

The new electoral calendar that will be put in place by Parliament will therefore necessarily include the request for a government reshuffle.

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However, there is no guarantee that any decisions of Parliament will be followed by the authorities in Tripoli.

Abdel Hamid Dbeibah created as soon as he took power nine months ago a new force in Tripoli made up of several militias.

The men deployed to the capital this week for a show of force.

It remains to be seen whether the Libyan National Political Forum which appointed Dbeibah will soon meet under the auspices of the UN to extend his term or appoint a new prime minister.

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