The head of the Libyan National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba, accused Libyan political parties, which he did not name, of seeking to obstruct the holding of elections and not enabling the Libyans to hold a referendum on the constitution.

Al-Dabaiba stressed - in an interview with the mayors, elders and notables of the municipalities of the Al-Jafara Plain, west and southwest of the capital, Tripoli - the need to achieve stability in Libya by enabling its citizens to choose who leads them.

He said that there are those who talk about dividing Libya, stressing that Libya will remain a single unit that cannot be divided.

Al-Dabaiba had spoken a few days ago about the existence of a suspicious agreement between the President of the Supreme Council of State in Libya, Khaled Al-Mashri, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, in order to obstruct the elections.

He also accused them 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.


Cairo meeting

On the other hand, a member of the Supreme Council of State revealed today, Wednesday, that the heads of parliament and the state will meet during the next two days in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

The member of the council, preferring not to be named, told Anadolu Agency, "The head of the Supreme Council, Khaled Al-Mashri, will go today to Cairo to hold a meeting soon with Aqila Saleh, and they will discuss several files, including the constitutional path, the executive authority, and the file of sovereign positions."

He pointed out that the "constitutional committee charged with preparing the constitutional rule in the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of the State" will also meet in Cairo after the end of the meeting between Al-Mashri and Saleh.

The upcoming meeting comes two days after the High Council of State voted in favor of resuming dialogue with the House of Representatives, after the suspension of communication between the two sides that lasted for more than 3 weeks.

On December 7, 2022, Al-Mashri announced the suspension of communication with Saleh and the work of the joint committees between the two councils until the law establishing a constitutional court in the city of Benghazi, in the east of the country, is canceled instead of the constitutional circuit in the Supreme Court in the capital, Tripoli.

On December 23, the Libyan House of Representatives retracted the law, according to a joint statement issued by the presidents of the two houses.

Since March 2022, a government headed by Fathi Bashagha, assigned by the House of Representatives in Tobruk (east) headed by Saleh, has been struggling for power with the internationally recognized government of Dabaiba, which refuses to hand over power except to a government assigned to it by a new elected parliament.

To solve the crisis, the United Nations launched an initiative to form a committee of the House of Representatives and the State Council to agree on a constitutional basis that leads the country to elections.