The United Nations mission to Tripoli said on Thursday it will continue to work to facilitate consultations between the Libyan parties to address controversial articles in electoral laws and secure the political agreement necessary for elections.
This came in a statement by the mission commenting on the results of the meetings of the 6 + 6 Committee formed by the House of Representatives and the State (parliamentary advisory), which announced on Tuesday the end of its work by developing electoral laws, some of whose provisions sparked controversy in the country.
The mission indicated that it recognized that key elements of electoral laws required the acceptance and support of a wide range of political and security institutions and actors in order to hold inclusive, credible and successful elections.
The mission confirmed that it will continue to work with all relevant Libyan institutions, including the Presidential Council, to facilitate consultations between all actors, according to the statement.
She added that she will work to address controversial articles in electoral laws, secure the necessary political agreement to put the country on the path to elections, and provide a level playing field for electoral competition between candidates.
The mission called on all actors to engage in efforts to address all outstanding issues and create a safer and more conducive environment for elections in 2023.
On Wednesday, the Presidential Council, in a statement, called on all concerned institutions and national forces to hold broad consultations with the participation of the UN mission to create the appropriate conditions for holding non-exclusionary elections that ensure acceptance of their results.
He also called on the 6+6 Committee to continue addressing the controversial points by preparing electoral laws to reach simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections before the end of the (current) year.
On Tuesday, the 6 + 6 Committee announced, during a press conference held in the Moroccan city of Bouznika, the end of talks that lasted about two weeks, and resulted in the signing of its members on the electoral laws through which the elections will be held.
Although committee members have signed these laws, Speaker Aguila Saleh and Speaker Khaled al-Meshri have yet to sign them.
Earlier, 54 members of the State Council, 61 members of the House of Representatives and the Justice and Construction Party announced in separate statements their rejection of those outcomes.
The 6+6 committee, composed of six members from the House of Representatives and representatives from the State Council, was formed by the 6th amendment to the Constitutional Declaration, an interim constitution drawn up after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 13.
According to the agreement of the two chambers, the committee was tasked with preparing consensual electoral laws through which elections would be held to resolve a crisis of power struggle between a government appointed by the House of Representatives in early 2022 and another recognized by the United Nations, the Government of National Unity headed by Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, who refuses to hand over except to a government mandated by a new elected parliament.