The Spokesperson of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Abdullah Blaiheg, confirmed that the rapprochement has been reached regarding the work of a mechanism of the Constitutional Base Committee. He added that it is now working to limit the controversial points to the draft constitution.
In press statements, Blaiheg said that “the solutions required the amendment of some controversial articles in the constitution have not yet crystallized at the meeting of the Parliament and the High Council of State (HCS) in Cairo.”
He added, “no official statements have been issued on the results that have been reached, but there is progress on some differences between the two Libyan delegations.”
The Parliament Spokesperson continued, “if the discussions require a departure from the constitutional path, the committee must return to the parliament, which specified its field of work.”
Blaiheg noted, that “the draft constitution faced objections from the federalist movement and the Amazighs who want to constitutionalize some rights.”
He pointed out that “the 12th amendment took its legal form and was approved in a valid session with a proper quorum and became part of the Libyan interim constitution.”
Blaiheg explained that “if the effort to amend the controversial points in the draft constitution succeeds, it will be put to a referendum. He said that the second track in the road map, if the constitution is not approved, is to amend the electoral laws and then hold presidential and parliamentary elections.”
He concluded, “the maximum period of time according to the road map is 14 months, but at that time there will be a permanent constitution for Libya.”