In the context of the moves towards the first electoral elections inside Libya, the House of Representatives issued an official decision to form a committee to communicate with the High National Elections Commission to find out the difficulties and obstacles facing the electoral process, provided that its work ends by submitting its final report to the Office of the Presidency of the House of Representatives within a maximum period of one week from The date of this decision.
In light of these internal and international statements and movements, the most important question remains, will the presidential elections unite the Libyan people?
Here, the Libyan politician Abdel Moneim Al-Yasir, head of the National Security Committee of the Libyan General National Congress, spoke, saying: “It is difficult for the Libyan elections to unite not only the people… but the country is in a state of comprehensive national reconciliation for the sake of stability.”
Abdel Moneim Al-Yasir made it clear, during his statements to Sky News Arabia, that the Libyan people currently only want stability and security, and this will not happen without consensus between the conflicting parties that are at the fore in the political scene.
Stability conditions
A number of Libyan officials and activists answered the most important question in this crisis. Human rights and media activist Hurriya Boumama said that the Libyan people hope that these elections will achieve political and security stability after 10 years of armed conflict.
Boumama confirmed, during her statements to Sky News Arabia, that the success of the presidential elections in providing stability depends on two factors, the first: excluding all controversial figures from candidacy so that there is no division and return to square one. The second factor depends on the ability of the next president to coordinate with the parties to the conflict on the ground, whether he has military power or political influence.
In the same context, the Libyan academic, Adel Al-Ammari, agreed on the conditions that must be met for the Libyan merits to succeed in achieving its goal of stability.
Al-Ammari explained, during his statements to Sky News Arabia, that the elections will bring Libya to safety because it is the only way to solve the current crisis, and continued, saying: “The presence of state institutions through voting contributes to achieving stability and security and the prohibition of possessing weapons outside state institutions, unity and sovereignty.”
Obstacles for chaos
In this context, the Libyan political researcher, Muhammad Al-Hilawi, commented on the armed militias storming the headquarters of the National Elections Commission in Tripoli, saying: “The armed and political factions that seek to obstruct the elections are well aware that the Libyan people do not want them in power or in any political position.”
The Libyan political researcher confirmed, during his statements to Sky News Arabia, that the Libyan street is currently suffering from the consequences of 10 years of chaos, noting that the movement affiliated with the Brotherhood does not want any electoral procedure so as not to reveal its truth and its loss on the ground in the electoral box.
It is reported that armed militias stormed the headquarters of the High Electoral Commission in Tripoli and started a sit-in within the walls of the commission, expressing their rejection of the electoral process until a referendum on the constitution is held.
Many Libyans view the upcoming elections as a watershed on the way for the oil-rich country to emerge from the cycle of chaos into which it was plunged more than a decade ago.
However, doubts increased about the possibility of holding the elections on time, especially with the refusal of militias in the Libyan west to conduct the voting process.
For his part, Abdel Moneim al-Yasir, head of the National Security Committee in the Libyan General National Congress, says that the so-called “political Islam current” will seek to thwart the electoral process in case it loses its weight. It wants to control state funds and benefit from the state of fragmentation in Libya.
Al-Yasir explained that whoever calls for holding elections without mentioning national reconciliation seeks to return matters to square zero and chaos, and whoever calls for holding elections in light of comprehensive national reconciliation seeks a real cessation of the current conflict so that the country does not fall into the clutches of conflict again.
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