Libya's Election Commission working tooth and nail to hold vote this month

The Libyan High Elections Commission has called for removing impediments on the road of the legislative elections that should have been held in December of last year.

The commission added that it would not be able to organize the vote if these hindrances are not removed before January 24, the new date of the elections.

House of Representatives (parliament) Speaker, Fawzi al-Nuiri, had to suspend a parliament session on January 3 to ask the High Elections Commission to contact the Road Map Committee and set a new date for the elections,

House of Representatives Spokesman, Abdullah Belhaq, said the session was suspended, even as 80 MPs were present.

He added that the MPs had to listen to Elections Commission Head, Imad al-Sayeh, who presented a briefing about the entire electoral process.

The commission head, he added, also answered questions by the MPs about all the reports submitted to the parliament regarding the failure to meet the electoral entitlement on December 24, 2021.

The Roadmap Committee was formed by the House of Representatives to discuss ways to address the constitutional process with the Rapporteur of the Constituent Assembly for the Drafting of the Constitution and the Chairman of the Working Committee.

It said it had agreed with the members of the Constituent Assembly for the Drafting of the Constitution to hold another expanded meeting with the Communication Committee, formed by the commission.

The commission indicated that it seeks to meet later with other members, who have different views on the way forward.

Libyan observers confirm, meanwhile, that the United Nations mission in Libya wishes to change the method of the upcoming elections after they were postponed.