On her opening remarks for the second session of the joint committee of the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State to determine the constitutional arrangements for elections, UN Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said that “Delays and an open-ended process will not work and will inevitably lead to further division and conflict from where it will be much harder to bring Libya back on the path to stability.”
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UN Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, met in Tunis Saturday with Yael Lempert, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.
The Libyan Parliament Spokesman Abdulla Bleihiq announced the suspension of the Parliament session until tomorrow, Tuesday.
U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, said he agreed in a meeting today with High State Council (HSC) President Khaled al-Mishiri in Cairo, on the need to support the UN-led process intended to lead to parliamentary and presidential elections as soon as possible as demanded by Libyan voters.
The Tripoli-based High Council of State (HCS) held a consultative session on Sunday to discuss the latest political developments, according to the Council’s media office.
the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) Spokesman, Abdulla Bleihiq, said that the Cairo meetings between HoR and the High Council of State (HCS) are close to setting a working mechanism for the Constitutional Base Committee, adding that it is now working to narrow down the controversial points in the draft constitution.
Consultations of the joint committee constituted by the House of Representatives and the High Council of State began Thursday for the second day for defining a consensual constitutional basis for holding national elections in Libya.
A round of dialogues was launched in Cairo Wednesday between the delegations of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS) to consult on finding a consensual constitutional basis and resolving legal disputes, as part of a new attempt to facilitate the holding of elections in Libya as soon as possible.
The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) Spokesman, Abdulla Beilhiq, said that the meetings of HoR and the High Council of State (HCS) committees are expected to start in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
Acting Undersecretary of Libyan Foreign Ministry, Mohamed Issa, headed the Libyan delegation participating in the work of the 157th regular session of the Council of the Arab League at the level of foreign ministers, held in Cairo on Wednesday.
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