Libyan 6+6 Joint Committee agreed on points related to the election of the head of state and members of the National Assembly
The committee said during the second day of its consultations in the Moroccan city of Bouznika that the organization of presidential and legislative elections will be according to simultaneous procedures. The next legislative authority, the National Assembly, will consist of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The committee also stressed its keenness to complete the various draft electoral laws during this meeting, in order to achieve a comprehensive consensual legislative framework in consultation with the judicial bodies and the United Nations. On May 16, the Libyan House of.
Representatives in Tobruk voted by a majority in favor of suspending Fathi Bashagha from heading the government appointed by the council.
The 6+6 Joint Committee tasked by Libya’s High Council of State and the House of Representatives with preparing electoral laws announced that it has achieved full consensus on the points related to the election of the President of Libya and members of parliament.
The 6+6 Joint Committee tasked by Libya’s High Council of State and the House of Representatives with preparing electoral laws announced that it has achieved full consensus on the points related to the election of the President of Libya and members of parliament.
The committee said during the press conference, at the end of the second day of its consultations in the Moroccan city of Bouznika that the organization of presidential and legislative elections will be according to simultaneous procedures, and that the next legislative authority, the National Assembly, will consist of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The committee also commended the progress made in determining and distributing seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate by electoral districts.
The committee stressed its keenness to complete the various draft electoral laws during this meeting in Bouznika, in order to achieve a comprehensive consensual legislative framework in consultation with the judicial bodies and the United Nations mission.
In February 2022, the House of Representatives tasked Bashagha with forming a new government after the dismissal of the Government of National Unity headed by Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, who rejected the decision, and was supported by the majority of the members of the High Council of State (parliamentary advisory), which led to the division of the executive authority again in Libya.
On May 16, the Libyan House of Representatives in Tobruk voted by a majority in favor of suspending Fathi Bashagha from heading the government appointed by the council assigned to him in March 2022, and referring him for investigation, during a session in the city of Benghazi (east), instead of the city of Tobruk (east), where he used to hold his sessions.
