Libya.. Dabaiba talks about a "suspicious" agreement between the State Council and the House of Representatives to share power and disrupt the elections

The Supreme Council of State in Libya decided to lift the suspension of communication with the House of Representatives, and work to achieve a constitutional rule leading to general elections, while the head of the unity government, Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, spoke of a suspicious agreement between the presidents of the two houses in order to obstruct the holding of elections.

Dabaiba said in his speech during the cabinet meeting in Tripoli that 2023 will be the year of unity of institutions and holding elections.

Al-Dabaiba accused the head of the High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mashri, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, of making deals, which he described as "suspicious" to share power and disrupt the holding of elections.

Dabaiba also accused Al-Mishri and Saleh of continuing to frustrate the Libyan people by ignoring the need for "free and fair" elections, and said they were always busy looking for new ways to extend themselves or share power.

Resume communication

On the other hand, a source from the Supreme Council of State told Al-Jazeera that the Council is discussing, in a session at its headquarters in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, lifting the suspension of communication with the Libyan Council of Representatives.

The source added that the session was held in the presence of the President of the Supreme Council of State, Khaled Al-Mashri, and his two deputies, Naji Mukhtar and Omar Bushah, and with the participation of more than 70 members.

The decision coincided with deliberations in the House of Representatives in Tobruk, held in the city of Benghazi, regarding the abolition of the law establishing a constitutional court, and a meeting was held between Al-Mashri and the Speaker of the House, Aguila Saleh.

On December 11, the High Council of State suspended communication with the House of Representatives until the decision to establish a constitutional court in the city of Benghazi was canceled.

The council justified the decision to suspend communication with Parliament by saying that the establishment of a constitutional court in the city of Benghazi would exacerbate the situation and the state of division in the country and affect the independence of the judiciary.

Last week, the Presidential Council put forward an initiative to hold a tripartite meeting that includes the Presidential Council and the Speakers of the House of Representatives and the state on January 11, in the city of Ghadames, southwest of Tripoli, without yet receiving any response from the two councils or from the UN mission that the meeting is supposed to take place under its auspices. .