Nayed and Bathily discuss the current impasse on Libya
July 31, 2023
In a lengthy call between Dr Aref Ali Nayed, Chairman of the Ihya Libya movement, and H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, the UN Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), they discussed the following:
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- The outputs of the 6 + 6 Committee, and the recent approval of those outputs by the House of Representatives (HOR) and the High Council of State, and UNSMIL’s observations on them.
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- The importance of respecting Libyan institutions, and the outputs of the 6+6 Committee, and building on them positively, in order to reach clear and applicable electoral laws, and then arrange for a unified interim government, who is tasked with the mandate to prepare for the holding of Presidential and Parliamentary elections urgently.
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- The importance of an intensive national dialogue between all political and societal forces, in order to reach effective practical arrangements that protect the country from the dangers of sliding into conflict, and respect the will of 2.8 million Libyan female and male voters and their legitimate rights to choose their leaders.
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