Op-Ed: International community complicit with Libya’s corrupt political and military elite in delaying democratic elections
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reported last Friday that it had received on 5 October a copy ...
Tag: constitutionally based elections
‘‘Make 2023 the year of free and fair Libyan elections’’: U.S. State Department
The U.S. State Department reported that yesterday, it hosted the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Libya, ...
HoR-HSC’ Joint Committee second round of Cairo talks reach initial consensus on 137 articles of constitution
The House of Representatives (HoR) and High State Council (HSC) Joint Committee reached an initial consensus on 137 articles of ...
Saleh proposes alternative 30-member constitutional drafting committee to resolve constitutional deadlock – report and analysis
By Sami Zaptia. Ageela Saleh (Photo: HoR). Tripoli, 18 January 2022: The Speaker of Libya’s parliament (the House of Representatives ...
Hiding behind a pretence of constitutionality, HSC continues to indirectly resist holding of elections
By Sami Zaptia. Khaled Mishri, the head of the HSC, is challenging the holding of elections at the courts (Photo: ...
UNSMIL head Kubis warns obstructers of 24 December elections
By Sami Zaptia. LPDF / UNSMIL logo. London, 26 May 2021: In his opening remarks to today’s opening of the ...
UNSMIL meets political parties who ‘‘unanimously’’ call for timely and constitutionally-based 24 December elections
By Sami Zaptia. London, 21 May 2021: UNSMIL reported yesterday that Assistant Secretary-General and UNSMIL Coordinator Raisedon Zenenga held virtual ...
HSC accuses leading foreign states of interference in Libya’s decision-making process
By Sami Zaptia. The High State Council (HSC) is pushing back on international pressure to hold elections on time (Logo: ...
Joint statement by Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the US in Libya supporting Libyan institutions to prepare for elections as scheduled
By Sami Zaptia. London, 7 May 2021: In an effort to cut-off stalling tactics, the international community continue to ...
Co-Chairs of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya reiterate priority of constitutionally based 24 December elections
By Sami Zaptia. London, 23 April 2021: As part of an international effort to maintain pressure on Libyan stakeholders to ...
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