Member of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA), Nadia Omran, said that there are vigorous efforts by some countries interested in the Libyan issue to find a common base that brings the parties together. She added that those countries try to reach consensus on the constitutional path.
In press statements, Omran added that there is pressure on the actors in Libya. She noted that the matter is not limited to mere consensus, but to the extent to which there is a real desire to find a solution to the Libyan crisis.
Notably, Libyan armed factions fought in the western outskirts of Tripoli late on Friday and early Saturday as forces aligned with incumbent Prime Minister Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba further consolidated their control over the capital.
Fighting took place in Warshafana, a district West of Tripoli that has been the site of repeated clashes throughout the 11 years of violence and chaos since a NATO-backed uprising ousted veteran leader Moammar Gaddafi.
A witness said that mortars were fired in Warshafana, a district of farmland, villages, and patches of urban sprawl between Tripoli and the western city of Al-Zawiya.
The clashes, along with a major pro- Al-Dbaiba group taking over a military headquarters in southern Tripoli, come a week after Libya’s biggest bout of warfare for two years, as several rival factions battled in and around the capital.
Last week’s fighting dislodged several groups that had aligned with Al-Dbaiba’s rival Prime Minister, the former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha, who has been appointed by the eastern-based Parliament to head a new government.
The standoff between the two men lasted for months, with Libya’s powerful eastern faction lined up behind Bashagha, while the numerous factions controlling Tripoli and the rest of the Northwest were divided.