Ihya Libya and Civil Democratic Party to Kubiš: Saboteurs of December Elections Must be Punished

The Ihya Libya (Reviving Libya) Movement and the Civil Democratic Party sent a letter to UN envoy, Ján Kubiš, on the latest developments in the current political situation in the country, and to urge the UN to punish those who wish to sabotage the 24 December elections.

(LIBYA, 29 June 2021) – In the joint letter by the Ihya Libya (Reviving Libya) Movement and the Civil Democratic Party to the UN envoy, Ján Kubiš, they thanked the UN mission for its efforts towards holding direct Presidential and Parliamentary elections on time on 24 December 2021, along with its support for the elected House of Representatives (HoR), and its public affirmation through statements and briefings that issuing the constitutional rule and the election laws was an inherent right of the Libyan Parliament.

The letter also commended the UN Missions’s position “that the outcomes of the meetings of the unelected Committee of 75 must return to the House of Representatives to gain its legitimacy based on the electoral legitimacy of the House of Representatives.”

The letter cautioned the Committee of 75 and the legal committee emanating from it not to delve into constitutional and foundational matters, or try to convert their advisory drafts into an alternative constitutional declaration, because they are a selected and unelected committee—noting that the rule necessary for elections already exists, which is the decisions of the February 2014 committee.