The head of the Libyan National Unity Government, Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, said on Tuesday that the legislative and presidential elections are a "national entitlement," stressing that he will work to achieve them "despite the challenges."
Dabaiba added, during his meeting with the wise men and notables of the Greater Tripoli Governorate at the Cabinet Office, that the government's main goal is to "hold legislative and presidential elections," stressing his refusal to gain power through "weapons and conspiracies", and his "absolute" rejection of the transitional stages.
During the meeting, in which he discussed the political and security affairs in the municipalities, according to the statement of the media office of Dabaiba, he stressed "the need to abolish any security camps or concentrations within the municipalities of Tripoli, and activate the role of police stations and security agencies."
A few days ago, clashes erupted in Tripoli between forces affiliated with the Government of National Unity led by Dabaiba and others loyal to the government of Fathi Pashaga, which was assigned by the House of Representatives in Tobruk (east), killing 32 people, most of them civilians, and wounding 159 others, before the formations loyal to Bashagha retreated.
Last year, the United Nations, in cooperation with the active forces - including Turkey - was able to establish a Libyan-Libyan dialogue, and a political process that was supposed to culminate in elections to be held in December 2021, but it was not possible to hold them.
Since then, the House of Representatives, held in Tobruk and headed by Aqila Saleh, decided to dismiss the national unity government in Tripoli, which was the subject of consensus between the Libyan East and West, and assign Fathi Bashagha to head a government in preparation for the elections, which Dabaiba refused, pledging to hand over the government only to an elected one.
To resolve the crisis, Libya is struggling to reach elections according to a UN initiative that requires the formation of a joint committee from the two parliaments of the country to agree on a constitutional basis for elections.
As of September 6, the committee was unable to reach full details of the constitutional base due to disagreement among its members over some items, including the conditions for running for the presidential elections.