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Libya's parliament asks elections commission to set new date

by DAILY SABAH

ISTANBUL Jan 04, 2022 - 8:41 am GMT+3
The polling station doors are closed after the elections were postponed by a month by the High National Elections Commission in Benghazi, Libya Dec. 24, 2021. (Reuters File Photo)
The polling station doors are closed after the elections were postponed by a month by the High National Elections Commission in Benghazi, Libya Dec. 24, 2021. (Reuters File Photo)
by DAILY SABAH Jan 04, 2022 8:41 am

Libya’s eastern-based house of representatives has requested the elections commission to set a new date for the country's postponed elections, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported Tuesday.

Parliament spokesperson Abdullah Belhaiq noted that the session held to discuss the elections has been canceled. He said the session concluded that the election commission must establish contacts with all sides and overcome compelling reasons to set a new election date.

“The Supreme Election Commission needs to submit a new suggestion as soon as possible,” Belhaiq said.

Meanwhile, the election commission chief, Imad el-Sayeh, had previously stated that the country was unable to hold the planned Dec. 24 elections due to legal problems and some threats they received during the announcement of the final candidate list. El-Sayeh did not give further information about the issue.

Noting that the commission faced legal hurdles completely different from those previously agreed upon, el-Sayih said the parliament needs to change some articles in order for the commission to implement election laws for the parliamentary and presidential elections.

Libya's house of representatives deemed the vote, meant to bring an end to the years of conflict in the North African nation, "impossible" to hold on time.

The poll was meant to take place just over a year after a landmark east-west cease-fire in a country that has been ravaged by a decade of conflict since the 2011 revolt that overthrew and killed dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

But the run-up to the country's first-ever presidential election has been overshadowed by angry disputes over its legality and the candidacies of several controversial figures, including Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi.

One point of contention was a presidential elections law controversially passed by Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh, which critics say bypassed due process and favored his ally, putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar.

The law was strongly opposed by factions in western Libya, where Haftar had waged a yearlong battle to seize the capital Tripoli.

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