Libya Discusses Electronic Voter Identity Verification Project

On Monday, the Head of Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Emad Al-Sayeh held a meeting to discuss the implementation plan for the electronic voter identity verification project.

The meeting was attended by HNEC member, Abdul Hakim Al-Shaab, Director General, Mohamed Quhais, several directors of departments and divisions of the commission, and experts from the United Nations team to support the elections in Libya.

The meeting reviewed the use of information technology in verifying the identities of voters.
This comes as part of the series of meetings that HNEC has begun to hold, to follow up on the level of readiness to implement the upcoming elections.

Notably, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Libya, and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily said that “the time has come for elections to proceed towards building legitimate institutions, and creating appropriate conditions for achieving stability.”

Bathily called on all actors in the Libyan scene to “take responsibility for finding solutions as soon as possible.” He also expressed his appreciation for the participation of Libya’s neighbours to help the Libyan people “overcome the current crisis, and contribute to the return of stability in the country.”

The UN Envoy stated that the “region needs Libya to be a stable country that performs its regional role, and achieves progress, stability, and peace for its people. It is time for Libyan leaders to reunite and work to find a Libyan-Libyan solution to this crisis.”

“It is the time to go for elections, to form bodies that have the legitimacy to sustain progress, so that Libya can regain its position as part of the United Nations family, and play its role in the humanitarian movement towards progress,” Bathily added.