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Positive progress in Libya talks
With the positive progress of the Libyan political dialogue in the talks that took place in Bouznika, Morocco, two delegations representing both sides of the Libyan crisis revealed, on Saturday, the opening of the door to the candidacy for the seven “sovereign” positions. in the country, from January 26 to February 2.
This process aims to select candidates for these strategic positions as soon as possible, so that the executive authority to be elected next week, in Geneva, can “coordinate smoothly” with the new officials, according to a joint statement issued by the two parties. , Friday, in Bouznika, south of the Moroccan capital, Rabat.
These centers include sovereign positions in the country, including: the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, the Attorney General, the President of the Administrative Control Authority, the President of the Anti-Corruption Commission, the President of the Higher Electoral Commission and the President of the Supreme Court, according to the same source.
During their meeting on Friday and Saturday in Bouznika, after several meetings organized since September in Morocco, the participants in the “Libyan Political Dialogue” decided to form small working groups, according to the statement, with the aim of preparing the application process for these key positions on which the two competing authorities have always been divided.
Upon completion of the process, nominations will be presented to representatives of the eastern Libyan parliament and the Tripoli-based unity government, according to the joint statement read to the media on Friday and Saturday night.
The political dialogue taking place in Morocco aims to contribute to the settlement process in Libya.
Libya has been mired in chaos fueled by foreign interference since the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime in 2011, and is witnessing a conflict between two authorities, represented by the Tripoli-based United Nations-recognized Government of National Accord, and an authority embodied by Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of the east of the country.
After an attack by Haftar’s forces in April 2019 to control Tripoli failed, the two parties to the conflict reached an agreement on a permanent armistice in October 2020 and resumed political dialogue with the support of the United Nations.
Representatives from the two camps agreed, during their meeting in Egypt this week, to hold a referendum on the constitution ahead of elections scheduled for December 2021.
New talks will be held between the Libyan parties in Egypt in February, to define a “roadmap for the referendum and the elections”, according to the Egyptian authorities.
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