Today, the second meeting of the constitutional committee regarding Libya commenced in the Egyptian city of Hurghada to discuss the constitutional arrangements leading to the general elections on December 24, 2021.
The United Nations Mission in Libya announced the start of the second meeting, which included delegations from both the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, each consisting of ten members. The mission emphasized its continued support for constructive dialogue between the two councils, expressing anticipation for the outcomes of this dialogue at the conclusion of the sixty-day deadline as per Article 4 of the roadmap, hoping that the dialogue will yield positive results that help advance the goal of achieving stability and supporting the outcomes of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum.
Stephanie Williams, the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Libya, highlighted during a video opening the necessity of agreeing on constitutional arrangements for the forthcoming stage, given its importance and its connection to the outcomes of other tracks. She added that if the parties do not reach an agreement, it will have very negative repercussions on the other tracks, including the security and economic situations, placing a significant responsibility on the negotiating parties to achieve consensus on the constitutional arrangements.
Additionally, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya announced that it conducted a voting process today among members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum on a proposed mechanism for selecting the unified executive authority, which was reached by the advisory committee derived from the forum in Geneva last Saturday. Seventy-two members of the Libyan Dialogue Forum participated in the voting process, with 51 voting in favor of the proposed mechanism, representing approximately 73% of the votes cast, while 19 members voted against it. Two members abstained from voting, and two others did not participate in the process. The meetings of the Libyan Constitutional Committee began yesterday, and the committee is scheduled to submit periodic reports to the council's presidency, ultimately providing a final report within a maximum of 40 days.
