The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Abdoulaye Bathily, called on the main parties in Libya to participate in a meeting that will be held in the coming period to reach a political settlement on the issues of political disagreement related to the implementation of the electoral process.
Abdoulaye Bathily asked the Libyan parties to nominate their representatives to participate in the preparatory meeting, in which the representatives who will be named by the Presidential Council, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Council of State, the Government of National Unity, and the General Command of the Libyan Army will discuss the date, location, and agenda of the meeting of the leaders of their institutions, and determine the outstanding issues, which must be resolved to enable the High National Elections Commission to begin implementing the election laws issued by the House of Representatives.
The UN envoy appealed to the main actors to move in good faith to the next stage of efforts aimed at achieving the desired common goal, which is to hold free, fair, transparent and inclusive elections that meet the aspirations of the Libyan people, considering that for the first time since the elections faltered on December 24, 2021; Libya now has a constitutional and legal framework regulating elections.
Bathily added that, in parallel with the preparatory meeting, focused consultations will be held with a broader spectrum of other Libyan parties, so that their proposals on how to resolve the outstanding controversial issues and prepare for elections can be taken into account during the negotiations. The consultations will include political parties, active military and security parties, sheikhs and notables. Cultural and linguistic components, academics, representatives of youth, women and civil society.