In a statement issued on Saturday, the anniversary of the 2014 parliamentary elections, the HNEC stressed that as the date of the new elections approaches, its staff is looking forward to using the polls to make Libya a country worthy to be called a democratic nation, based on good  security, peace, progress and stability.

A three-day preliminary meeting of the members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum started on Thursday in Tunisia under the auspices of the UN Support Mission to fine-tune decisions ahead of the June 28-July 1 meeting in Switzerland, devoted to adopting a constitutional basis for the elections after the failure of the meetings in late last May.

The High National Electoral Commission had set 1 July as the final deadline for the submission of the constitutional basis.

This date was endorsed by the UN Security Council in its resolution 2570, which urged Libyan institutions, the Parliament and the High State Council, to work towards facilitating the organisation of the 24 December elections by adopting the necessary legislation.

The HNEC said in its statement that the election to the House of Representatives (Parliament) for the transitional period is the last electoral agenda implemented by the Commission seven years ago, on 25 June 2014.

The Electoral Commission said it has been working with all its executives and committees to implement this agenda, in accordance with the articles of the 2014 law, promulgated by the General National Congress (GNC-ex Libyan National Assembly), and the regulations issued in this regard.

The statement added that the electoral law had stipulated that the House of Representatives was the temporary legislative authority of the state during the transitional period and was composed of 200 members, chosen through free and direct elections.

The commission said it had devoted its efforts to developing electoral awareness plans, saying it had produced 2,225,000 printed materials aimed at raising national awareness and working to increase the number of voters on the electoral register and motivate them for informed participation that would ensure the success of the democratic transition process.

It reported that 1,509,317 voters were registered on the electronic voters’ list at that time, including 603,708 women in 1,625 electoral centres, and the approval of the candidacy of 1,713 persons, including 152 women.

The Commission reported that in the 25 June 2014 parliamentary elections, more than 630,000 voters participated in the polls, representing 41% of the electorate, adding that although the conditions under which that electoral process took place were difficult in all respects.

It was implemented in accordance with the electoral law and international standards in an atmosphere of transparency and integrity. (PANA/NAN)

– June 27, 2021 @ 09:32 GMT|