The final statement on the results of negotiations between the parliament and the Supreme State Council of Libya in Tunisia was published, the press service of the Libyan parliament reported on February 28.
This agreement between the members of the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of State, presented in the protocol of the signed agreement, represents a broad expression of the national will and the desire of the Libyan people to end the transition.
Text of the statement: “On Wednesday, February 28 and 29, 2024, the members of the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of State of Libya present in Tunisia agreed as follows:
1) Confirmation of compliance with electoral laws nos. 27 and 28 of 2023, which were developed by the 6+6 joint committee and issued by the House of Representatives of Libya.
2) Formation of a new national government that will work to achieve the right to vote as provided in articles 86 and 90 of the Electoral Laws.
3) The need to respect Libya’s responsibility in the political process, and the Prime Minister of the new government will be selected through a transparent and fair mechanism based on the roadmap presented by the 6+6 committee, based on consensus among Two parts. of the councils and under the auspices of the UN mission.
4) Summon the High National Electoral Commission to begin implementing the electoral legislation and request it to announce the date of the elections.
5) Confirmation of the seriousness of what was stated in the Central Bank report on the size of inflation in expenditures on support and spending issues, as well as financing from unknown sources and the need to form a commission of inquiry on this issue .
6) The need to establish controls and mandatory legislation for the next government, to ensure anti-centralization, support for local units and direct allocations to municipalities and provinces.
7) A monitoring committee will be formed with the members of both councils to carry out local and international relations in order to implement the agreed outcomes, subject to the condition that the committee submits its first report to the members of both councils within a month.
8) Instruct the committee to prepare the second expanded meeting of the members of the two councils”
Recall that on February 4, 2024, the head of the Supreme Council of State of Libya, Mohammed Takala, made a harsh statement in which he spoke out against the Libyan parliament and the commander of the Libyan National Army, and also rejected the laws. developed by the “6+6” joint committee and adopted by the Libyan parliament.
We also remember that the last large-scale military operations in Libya ceased in the summer of 2020. On October 23, 2020, a ceasefire agreement was signed in Geneva. The agreement provided for the holding of unified elections in the country on December 24, 2021, the creation of a single interim government for this period, the creation of a unified army and the withdrawal of all foreign forces.
As a result of the Geneva forum, Abdel Hamid Dbeibah became head of Libya’s Interim Government of National Unity, but was unable to organize the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for December 24, 2021, and broke his promise not to run. to the presidency of Libya.
The Libyan Parliament withdrew the vote of confidence in the Dbeibah government and elected a new Prime Minister of Libya. But despite this and the expiration of powers and the expiration of the Geneva agreement, on the basis of which the Interim Government of National Unity of Libya was formed, Dbeibah refuses to leave the post of prime minister and, relying on loyal armed groups to him, continues to occupy the country’s capital, the city of Tripoli.
The presence of two parallel governments in the country has led Libya to a political impasse. To overcome the political deadlock and create a legislative framework for the elections, Libya’s Supreme State Council and the country’s parliament formed a joint “6+6” committee to agree on the legislative framework for the country’s upcoming elections.
The Joint Committee “6+6” developed the legislative framework for the elections and parliament approved the laws developed by the committee. The Libyan Parliament adopted laws developed by the 6+6 joint committee. The main obstacle to holding elections remains the issue of removing Libya’s Interim Government of National Unity led by Abdel Hamid Dbeibah from power and forming a new unified government of the country that accommodates the elites of eastern and western Libya.
At the moment, the confrontation between western and eastern Libya continues, but has not yet led to hostilities between the parties.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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