Libya’s House of Representatives announced on Tuesday that it finalized the legislations, which would serve as legal framework for the elections on December 24.
“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.
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.
The High National Election Commission (HNEC) has requested amendments to the presidential election law, which the House of Representatives issued few weeks ago to serve as legal framework for the election on December 24.
The House of Representatives postponed today’s session to finalize the parliamentary elections bill ahead of presenting it for vote before Libyan lawmakers, announced the House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq on Sunday.
Libya’s House of Representatives may form a new government to prevent any delay to the presidential and parliamentary elections set for December 24, said Issa Al-Araibi a member of parliament.
Libya’s House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to withdraw confidence from the government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh during a closed-door session in Tobruk, the House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq announced in a brief statement.
The Government of National Unity is likely to face a cabinet reshuffle or turn into caretaker government until legal and financial regulations are set in place ahead of the elections on December 24, said Asmahan Al-Oun, a member of parliament, on Monday.
Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, held talks yesterday about the presidential elections law with Nicola Orlando, the Special Envoy of the Italian Foreign Minister, said the House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq.
The House of Representatives’ National Security and Defense Committee has called on the International community to impose sanctions against those whom the committee deems as “obstructionists” of the upcoming general elections on December 24.