By Sami Zaptia.
Tripoli, 21 May:
The High National Election Commission (HNEC) announced that as of the end of Saturday 19 May, the number of Libyans that had registered for the 19 June National Congress elections had passed the 2.47 million mark – or 72 percent of the 3.4 million potential Libya voters.
Today is the last day for registration for the National Congress elections. The National Congress will have a huge task ahead of it over the next year.
The 200 person Congress will choose a ‘Committee of 60’ experts from without it, within 30 days of its first meeting to draft Libya’s constitution. This ‘Committee of 60’ would in turn have to present a constitution to Congress within 60 days. The Congress will have to approve it and once approved it will be put to the Libyan public in a referendum.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Al-Kib’s government will continue in a caretaker capacity until the Congress chooses a Prime Minister who would nominate a government to be approved by Congress.
Congress would also have to draft a new election law and prepare for the General Elections by June 2013.