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· After missing the December deadline, Libya is likely to conduct its general elections in June to elect its first president
· Since the 2011 the country has been undergoing a political vacuum after the ouster and killing of long-time dictator Moammar Gadhaf
· U.N.’s special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams revealed this as information , adding that it was still “very reasonable and possible” for the country’s 2.8 million voters to cast their ballots by June in line with the U.N.-brokered 2020 roadmap
After missing the December deadline, Libya is likely to conduct its general elections in June to elect its first president. Since 2011 the country has been undergoing a political vacuum after the ouster and killing of long-time dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
U.N.’s special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams revealed this as information , adding that it was still “very reasonable and possible” for the country’s 2.8 million voters to cast their ballots by June in line with the U.N.-brokered 2020 roadmap.
The international bodies expected that in all probability elections would be held in December itself and postponement had come as a surprise to them. The UN official said that all the institutions were suffering a crisis of legitimacy because of the uncertainties over the election.
Williams urged the lawmakers who are convened in the eastern city of Tobruk, to agree on a clear, time-bound process for elections and to refrain from creating an open-ended process for the sake of the country. Libya, she underscored, could progress only through a peaceful process. There are differences of views among the political leaders regarding the laws governing the electoral process. To add to confusion, there are occasional infighting among armed groups. The political scene has become further murkier with the entry of controversial figures like Hifter, the leader of the anti-government group, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the ousted dictator’s son and one-time heir apparent
