Tripoli, The Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Libya, Stephanie Williams, affirmed her readiness to work with the relevant Libyan institutions and a wide range of concerned parties to confront the challenges facing the political process, calling on the concerned institutions to respect and support the will of two million and eight hundred thousand Libyans. registered to vote. And to contribute to resolving the political crisis in Libya and achieving lasting stability.
“Presidential and parliamentary elections must be held in appropriate conditions, on an equal footing, with the need to respect and ensure equal opportunities for all candidates to end a political transition peacefully and transfer power to democratically elected institutions,” Williams said in a speech she gave today, Thursday, and published on the mission’s official website.
Williams urged the relevant Libyan institutions and all political actors to focus on the electoral process and on creating political and security conditions to ensure the holding of inclusive, free, fair, peaceful and credible elections, the outcome of which is acceptable to all parties, stressing that in no case should the current challenges be used in the process. elections to undermine the stability and progress that has been made in Libya during the past fifteen months.
Williams expressed her pleasure that she witnessed the shift from the rhetoric of conflict to the rhetoric of peaceful dialogue, noting that even those who took up arms against each other in the past year have continued to meet and make tangible progress since the signing of the ceasefire agreement in October 2020 and the adoption of the road map of the Political Dialogue Forum Libya in November 2020, facilitated by the United Nations.
Williams announced her welcome for the commission’s commitment to the ongoing electoral process and to continue reviewing the requests of candidates for parliamentary elections, noting that the United Nations had taken note of the recommendation of the High National Elections Commission to the House of Representatives regarding the date of the upcoming first round of the presidential elections that the commission proposed to organize on January 24, 2022 after taking the necessary measures to address Difficulties facing the completion of the electoral process.
Williams indicated that, during her travels and consultations, she met many Libyans who have regained a sense of normalcy, despite the many difficulties they endured and their overwhelming desire to go to the polls to determine their future and end the long transitional period.
Source: Libyan News Agency