Browsing: High Council of State

“No individual or institution should have veto power over critical electoral legislation,” stated the U.S. Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland today. “Libya’s institutions and their leaders must trust the voters to decide who should lead the country,” he added.

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Libya’s House of Representatives and High Council of State has called on the international community to provide independent observers to monitor the upcoming general elections on December 24.

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Khaled Al-Meshri, chairman of Libya’s High Council of State (HCS), and Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, met in Rome today, where they held talks on the upcoming general elections in December 24, as well as, implementing ceasefire agreement.

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The High Council of State (HCS) has criticized the statement released by the 5+5 Joint Military Committee, in which the committee called on the Libyan government to freeze military deals with all foreign countries, including Turkey.

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The High Council of State (HCS) has attempted to blackmail Imad al-Sayeh, the chairman of the High National Election Commission (HNEC), by threatening to push him out of office if he doesn’t agree to postpone the general elections scheduled for December 24, a former Libyan minister alleged on Wednesday.

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Informed sources confirmed that the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Siddiq Al-Kabir, had been seeking for some time to open the file of compensation for Turkish companies without even requiring them to resume work in exchange for successive compensation payments.

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Muhammad Mazab, a member of the High Council of State, said on Saturday that the country’s warring parties in the eastern and western regions are competing over positions of power, warning that war would be imminent if the security institutions continue to be divided.

During an interview with Russian news agency Sputnik, Moazeb ruled out that a defense minister would be appointed at the present time. He also anticipates that no defense minister would be named until after the general elections in December.

“The crisis in Libya is based on the security factor, and the continued division in the security institutions makes all scenarios predictable, including the return of war again,” he said.

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Talal Al-Maihoub, a member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Defense Committee, accused on Wednesday the High Council of State of attempting to override the U.N. peace roadmap by suggesting to return to dialogue to reach consensus on the elections constitutional basis.

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