The committee agreed by the rival authorities in Libya delivers the draft of the electoral laws to the UN

UNSMIL calls for “working collaboratively to resolve pending issues as soon as possible”

June 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The committee agreed by the authorities in conflict in Libya has delivered to the United Nations the draft of the laws that should govern the next parliamentary and presidential elections, considered a key step to close the serious political crisis in which the country has been plunged for more than of a decade.

The president of the High Council of State, Khalid al Mishri, has indicated that a copy of the drafts, signed by the members of the 6+6 joint committee, has been sent to the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). , Abdoulaye Bathily, as reported by the newspaper ‘The Libya Observer’.

Likewise, he has stressed that these laws are final and binding and has stressed that they have received the support of the High Council of State, based in the capital, Tripoli, and the House of Representatives, the Parliament based in the east of the country.

UNSMIL has indicated in its account on the social network Twitter that Bathily met on Sunday with the parties to discuss the drafts, a meeting in which he stressed that “successful elections need the support of all actors, including a commitment to accept the results”.

For this reason, he called on the conflicting authorities to “work in a spirit of collaboration to resolve pending issues as soon as possible”, while stressing that “the Libyan people have suffered too much for too long.”

The parties closed two weeks of meetings in the Moroccan city of Buznika at the beginning of the month with an agreement in principle on these laws, although there was no signing ceremony pending the document being sent to the decision-making centers. for possible ratification.

The country is divided into two administrations after the House of Representatives ended the mandate of the prime minister of unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibé, for the postponement of the presidential elections in December 2021 and appointed Fazi Bashaga to the position, recently suspended from office and replaced by now Finance Minister Osama Hamad.

Dbeibé was elected as prime minister by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in February 2021, replacing the until then prime minister of unity, Fayez Serraj, who agreed to cede his powers after the consultation process, which began after a ceasefire agreement after the Tripoli authorities rejected the military offensive launched in April 2019 by General Khalifa Haftar, aligned with the authorities based in the east.