Ihya Libya Bloc | Initiative for Peaceful Renewal of Legitimacy in Libya

Against the background of the current political blockage and tension, which threatens the Libyan people in their security, health, and sustenance, and even in the unity of their country, and  their very existence, and to prevent the use of violence in resolving current conflicts, and to return to appealing to the free will of the Libyan people through direct presidential and parliamentary elections, and out of respect for the nearly 3 million Libyan voters who have already registered in the voter registry. The Libya Revival Bloc (Ihya Libya) is presenting this initiative to all active forces in Libya and to all voters, seeking their support and their demand of  its activation.

THE (LIBYA REVIVAL BLOC) INITIATIVE FOR THE PEACEFUL RENEWAL OF LEGITIMACY IN LIBYA

(THE TEN POINTS)

1. Maintaining the ceasefire, reactivating the 5+5 Committee, and arranging for its permanent convening.
2. Preventing any movement of any military or police force outside its current areas, except to combat terrorism or crime, in coordination with the 5 + 5 Committee.
3. Ban all kinds of mobilization, media incitement and hate speech.
4. Formation of a joint committee to manage the state’s oil export revenue jointly headed by: Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (Tripoli), Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (Benghazi). With the membership of: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance (Tripoli), Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance (Benghazi), Vice Head of Financial Audit (Tripoli), Vice Head of Audit (Benghazi), Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee of the State Council. The committee may seek the assistance of local and international expertise as needed.
5. Urgently resuming the export of Libyan oil and gas, and depositing all revenues obtained from the export into a special account to be co-signed on by the presidency of the Joint Committee for the Management of State Revenues, with two joint signatures.
6. Expenditure of state revenues is not permitted except on salaries, food, medicine and energy-related necessities, and on holding elections, and only through the joint Committee for Managing State Revenues.
7. Activating and supporting the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), facilitating and securing all its affairs, movements and work on all Libyan soil. Also facilitating the work of local, regional and international observers, provided that the commission launches the electoral process by the end of the (Road Map) agreed upon in Geneva (June 2022), and upon which all Libyan legitimacies end, except for the legitimacy of the Libyan people and their right to self-determination, so elections can take place no later than December 24, 2022.
8. Each of the two current de facto governments is fully responsible before God, the nation and the international community for holding and securing presidential and parliamentary elections in areas under its control and influence on the date determined by the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), which should not exceed December 24, 2022.
9. Each of the two governments is responsible for facilitating and securing the movement of all candidates in its areas of control and influence, and facilitating their carrying out their electoral campaigns to the fullest extent, as well as the staff of the Electoral Commission and local, regional and international observers.
10. Each of the two governments is responsible for the success of the elections and for ensuring that their results are respected in their areas of control and influence, and for ensuring a peaceful and smooth handover of power to the new executive authority produced by the elections.

6 May, 2022