The House of Representatives (HoR) and the High State Council (HSC) joint Constitutional Committee met for its third round of talks in Hurghada, Egypt today. The UNSMIL brokered talks also included the head of Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC), Emad Al-Sayeh.

The Amazigh Supreme Council (ASC) in Libya announced yesterday its irrevocable boycott of the planned referendum on the country’s draft constitution in the regions and cities affiliated to it, stressing that it is not bound by any results of this referendum.

The Supreme Council of Libyan Amazigh rejected in a statement Thursday the outcomes of the Constitutional Committee in Hurghada, especially the decision to carry out a referendum on the Libyan constitution draft.

Libyan envoys at UN-backed talks in Egypt agreed Wednesday to hold a constitutional referendum before planned elections in the war-torn country later this year, Egypt’s foreign ministry said.

The joint House of Representatives (HoR) and High State Council (HSC) Constitutional Committee started its second meeting today in Egypt’s Hurghada.

A group of seven Libyan NGOs and 60 individuals have called on the House of Representatives (HoR) to respect the 2011 Transitional Constitutional Declaration (TCD) as the sole source of Libyan legitimacy during the ongoing UNSMIL-brokered Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF).

The Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly protested Monday against the UNSMIL’s constitutional track put forth for debate on October 30 as part of the latter’s conclusive solution tracks for the Libyan conflict, saying it violated Security Council Resolution 2542 of September 2020.

Meetings are being held in Cairo today between members of the High State Council and the eastern-based House of Representatives to reach a settlement for the country’s conflict.

The delegations from the Libyan parliament, the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR), and the High State Council (HSC) announced that they had reached a comprehensive understanding on the criteria for selecting the holders of Libya’s sovereign positions.

Members of the Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA), politicians, and members of the House of Representatives called on the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to facilitate the first referendum on constitution in Libya’s history.