In Libya, reconciliation outweighs everything else
Reconciliation has become the basic
principle in Libya, driving efforts by the international community to
crystallize a political solution.
There are expectations that a
comprehensive national reconciliation meeting will be held next spring.
Preparations are due to start after
this meeting for electoral eligibility, according to Chairman of the African
Union Commission, Moussa Faki.
He highlighted the need to find a
formula that allows Libyans to reconcile, and then go to the presidential and
parliamentary elections, to choose who runs the affairs of their country.
Reconciliation
Libya's neighbouring countries and
the African Union have succeeded in convincing the West of their vision for a
political solution in the country and the need to achieve national
reconciliation before organizing elections to ensure the presence of consensus
between all parties.
United Nations envoy to Libya,
Abdullah Bataili, completed a regional tour that took him to Cairo where he
discussed national reconciliation in Libya and dialogue for a political
solution, in the light of a roadmap leading to the organization of democratic
and pluralistic parliamentary and presidential elections.
Congolese Minister of External
Relations, Jean-Claude Gacoso, said the African Union supports national
reconciliation efforts in Libya.
The union, he said, also backs the
building of a civil democratic state and free and fair elections, in accordance
with a legal framework.
He noted that most African leaders
agree that the Libyan crisis can find its way to a solution if major powers
abandon interference in this file.
Analysts believe, meanwhile, that
Africa is able to lead Libya towards reconciliation.
The continent tries to do this by
relying on its historical legacy in achieving reconciliations, such as in the
cases of South Africa and Rwanda.
These two countries represent an
advanced model for overcoming conflicts and wars in the direction of security,
stability and peace.
Semi-compatibility
Member of the Libyan Presidential
Council, Moussa al-Kawni, said Libyan parties had managed, for the first time,
to reach a near consensus regarding the paths of national reconciliation, which
may help to find a unified ground to reach a settlement of the crises suffered
by the country.
He stressed that the national
reconciliation project proceeds at a steady pace.
