A Libyan parliamentary delegation participated in the meetings of the Standing Committees of the Pan-African Parliament, held in Midrand, South Africa.
The meetings – which will continue until 17 March – are part of the preparations for the plenary session of the African Parliament, to be held in the coming months.
The Libyan delegation is headed by MP Youssef Al-Fakhri, Vice President of the North African Group and a member of the Presidency of the African Parliament.
Al- Fakhri said that the permanent committees of the African Parliament “will work to prepare all laws and procedures for regulating the work of each committee.”
A budget proposal will be submitted in order to cover the work of each committee, as well as a work plan for the permanent committees will be presented. The budget proposal will then be approved by the Plenary Session of the Pan-African Parliament, in accordance with the internal law regulating the work of the Pan-African Parliament.
In February, the Chief of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat revealed that AU is organizing a national reconciliation conference for Libya, in a bid to restore stability to the conflict-wracked nation.
Faki said, “We have met with the different parties and we are in the process of working with them on a date and place for the national conference.”
The AUC Chief noted that the meeting will be chaired by Congolese President Nguesso.
Accordingly, a fairly broad consensus was reached about the initiative adopted by the President to organize a comprehensive reconciliation conference this year.
Notably, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres stressed the “urgent need for a political will to break the protracted political stalemate in Libya, and achieve progress on multiple fronts.”
Addressing the latest meeting of the High-level Committee on Libya, taking place in Addis Ababa, the UN Chief stated that “progress is sorely needed towards holding elections and advancing gains in security, national reconciliation, and human rights.” He added that the UN “continues to be committed to Libyan-owned and Libyan-led solutions.”
Guterres noted that the UN has been “totally committed to overcoming the misunderstandings of the past. We have no agenda and no goal but one: to secure the right of the Libyan people to live in peace, to vote in free and fair elections, and to share in the prosperity of their country.”
