Cairo: The Arab League reiterated its concern over the current political scene in Libya, which threatens to return Libya to the difficult stage it witnessed before the signing of the ceasefire agreement on the 23rd of October 2020.
In a statement today, the Arab League called on all Libyan actors to work seriously and responsibly towards creating the necessary security, political and legal conditions for holding national elections at the earliest possible opportunity, in order to fulfill the desire of the Libyan voters.
It stressed that the conditions that Libya is going through today have become, more than anytime before, a reason for holding elections, renewing the legitimacy of Libyan institutions, and ending the transitional stages, which were prolonged and whose tracks were multiplied, in a way that made them lose their effectiveness in achieving the goals for which they were found.
The Arab League stressed the importance of working to establish a political process that would put the country on the path of stability and construction, stressing its permanent readiness to support any serious Libyan effort that secures consensus on a clear, practical, and scheduled political roadmap with specific periods of time.
The Libyan House of Representatives agreed to grant confidence to the new government headed by Fathi Bashagha, while the Libyan National Unity Government headed by Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba rejected the voting process in which the Bashagha government obtained confidence.
The Libyan elections were scheduled for the twenty-fourth of December last year, but it was announced that they were postponed to a later date.
The United Nations suggested mediating between the Libyan parties to facilitate the holding of the elections, which were postponed last December to establish a foggy scene on the political, economic and security life in the country, after it expressed concern over reports that the vote in the Libyan House of Representatives to install a new government "did not lives up to the expected standards of transparency and procedures."
