July 11 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United Nations special representative for Libya and leader of the UN Support Mission in the country (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, on Monday called for “the cooperation of all Libyan institutions and actors” to allow the holding of “some successful elections.
“I am counting on the cooperation of all the relevant Libyan institutions and actors to find the necessary compromises to resolve the politically controversial issues and reach a political agreement that opens the way to the success of the elections,” Bathily told the Security Council of Libya. the ONU.
Bathily has expressed his intention to convene the country’s institutions and actors in the coming weeks to reach an agreement on “the most controversial issues.”
In addition, it has urged both the House of Representatives and the High Council of State to collaborate with the High National Electoral Commission to “solve the legal gaps and technical deficiencies detected” and to introduce “the necessary technical modifications in the bills 6 +6”.
“In the meantime, it is imperative that all Libyan stakeholders learn from the pitfalls and mistakes of 2021 and 2022, and refrain from any action, including unilateral or non-inclusive decisions, that could precipitate a crisis and divert attention from our goal. to enable successful elections in accordance with the wishes of the Libyan people,” Bathily added.
In mid-June, the head of UNSMIL recognized the efforts of the 6+6 Committee -created to finalize the electoral laws- “as an important step forward”, although he qualified that “it (is) not enough to resolve the most controversial and enable successful elections.
In addition, he expressed his concern that the disputes in the electoral process “lead to a dead end”, which translates into “greater polarization and even destabilization of the country.”
However, last Sunday UNSMIL celebrated the creation of the Higher Financial Supervision Committee, which will have the objective of establishing a financing process for the expected elections in the country based, for example, on an equitable distribution of the benefits of crude oil.
It will also serve as an address to “the basic problems of public spending and fair distribution of resources” that plague the country after years of war and chaos after the death of Gaddafi in 2011 and the consequent fracture between his parallel administrations.
The country is divided into two administrations after the House of Representatives terminated 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.
