On Wednesday, the Libyan Parliament issued a decision to form a committee tasked with working on preparing a proposal for a post- 24 December roadmap.
The 10-member committee was formed after it was deemed “impossible” to hold the elections as scheduled.
The Parliamentary Committee is chaired by Nasr El-Din Mhenni Ghobashi Moftah, with members including:
1) Abdel-Salam Abdullah Mohamed Nassiyah
2) Misbah Doma, Mohamed Uhaida
3) Mohamed Saad Hammad Saleh
4) Issa Mohamed Al-Senussi Al-Oraibi
5) Muftah Issa Al-Karteji
6) Mohamed Ibrahim Ismail Tamer
7) Khaled Ali Mohamed Al-Usta
8) Suleiman Mohamed Mohamed Al-Faqih
9) Al-Mabrouk Abdullah Mansour Al-Kabeer.
The Parliament in its resolution No. (13) of 2021, to submit and present its report to the Parliament during its next session.
Notably, the committee formed by the Libyan Parliament to follow up the electoral process, concluded that it is “impossible” to hold the Presidential elections on their scheduled date of 24 December.
The Head of the committee, Al-Hadi Al-Saghir wrote a letter to Parliament Speaker, Ageela Saleh stressing that the committee reached this conclusion “after reviewing the technical, security and judicial reports.” He asked Saleh to return to his previous position and preside over the upcoming Parliamentary sessions.
The committee called for the development of a new road map, “in line with the data resulting from the obstruction of the elections.” It also stressed the end of the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) mandate as a caretaker government.
Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) proposed postponing the first round of the national elections to 24 January, a month from their scheduled date.
The commission said in a press statement that it is proposing this in coordination with the Libyan Parliament.
“The Libyan Parliament shall take measures to remove the ‘Force Majeure that confronts the completion of the electoral process,” HNEC added.
It also defended its decisions, claiming h that they were “correct” by excluding a number of candidates who did not meet the conditions.