A group of Libyan parliamentary candidates urged on Sunday the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to include both presidential and parliamentary candidates in the consultations to facilitate a pathway to early elections, according to UNSMIL.
“UNSMIL Officer in Charge and Mission Coordinator Raisedon Zenenga received, today at the Mission’s HQ in Tripoli, a group of candidates for Libya’s parliamentary,” the Mission tweeted on Sunday.
The candidates emphasized the importance to focus all efforts on holding the elections as soon as possible and the need for HNEC to release the candidate list for the elections, UNSMIL said.
“They expressed concern over the current political deadlock and urged UNSMIL to include both presidential and parliamentary candidates in the consultations to facilitate a pathway to early elections,” the Mission added.
Zenenga assured the delegation that UNSMIL and SASG Williams are prioritizing elections as the only way out of the current political impasse and stressed the importance to respect the wishes of Libyan voters and candidates, it pointed out.