Op-ed: Libya's prime minister calls for much-needed constitution to end interim period

In his speech delivered on 24 December celebrating the 73rd anniversary of Libya’s independence, Tripoli based Libyan prime minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, recalled the sacrifices of Libya’s grandfathers and fathers in building the independent state. He called for the adoption of a constitution that ends the current transitional stages and regulates political life. It will be recalled that Libya has been in this ”interim/transitional” stage since the 2011 revolution that ended the Qaddafi regime. Aldabaiba criticised the absence of the will of the people (the lack of elections and lapsed mandates) and the absence of the draft constitution and demanded that the draft constitution be put to a public referendum. [ . . . ] Libya needs renewed political mandates through constitutionally based elections to increase the likelihood of real peace and stability and a permanent system of popular governance.
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