CAIRO, Jan 25 (NNN-MENA) – The Arab League (AL) welcomed the understandings reached by the two conflicting parties in Libya, on unifying national institutions and sovereign positions.
Two delegations from the High Council of State of Libya and the Libyan House of Representatives, concluded on Saturday, two-day talks in the Moroccan city, Bouznika, agreeing to form small working groups to take procedural steps concerning the positions of sovereignty.
Both sides agreed that, the work groups will design nomination applications, invite candidates, ensure that nominations conform to the established criteria and conditions, and receive nomination forms and resumes of candidates, from tomorrow, Jan 26 to Feb 2.
The sovereign positions are the heads and deputy heads of the Central Bank of Libya, Administrative Control Authority, Audit Bureau, Anti-Corruption Commission, and High Electoral Commission.
AL welcomes the understandings reached by the two rivals, AL General Secretariat said, adding that, the Arab group supports all national efforts, aimed at reaching an integrated political settlement of the Libyan crisis.
The agreement in Bouznika came, a few days after the Constitutional Committee, comprising Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives and the Tripoli-based High Council of State, agreed to hold a constitutional referendum before the general elections, scheduled to be held on Dec 24.
During the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, held on Nov 7-15, 2020, in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, 75 Libyans, representing social and political spectrum of the Libyan society, discussed a political roadmap to achieve lasting peace in war-torn Libya and agreed to hold general elections in the country on Dec 24, 2021.
Libya has been locked in a civil war, since the ouster and killing of former leader, Muammar Gaddafi, in 2011. The situation escalated in 2014, splitting power between two rival governments: the UN-backed Government of National Accord, based in the capital, Tripoli and another in the north-eastern city of Tobruk, allied with the eastern-based military commander, Khalifa Haftar.– NNN-MENA
