The Libya Commission calls for amending the 6 + 6 committee agreement: it cannot be implemented

The High Electoral Commission called the 6 + 6 committee in Lybia To review and amend some of the texts it contained Elections law approved, and said that some articles cannot be implemented and pose a threat to the integrity of the electoral process and the legitimacy of the elected authorities.

This came in a letter addressed by the Commission’s head, Imad Sayeh, to the High Council of State, which was published today, Wednesday, in which he summarized the commission’s position on the election law that was approved by the 6 + 6 committee a week ago in the Moroccan city of Bouznika.

Al-Sayeh asked the committee to amend the wording of the article, which stipulates that it is not permissible to challenge the conditions for running for the presidency, with the exception of the nationality condition, stressing that the Electoral Commission will exclude any candidate for the presidential elections who holds another nationality and will reject his candidacy request.

Technically not possible

He also stressed that it is not technically possible and difficult to conduct the three electoral processes in the second round, simultaneously and on one polling day, indicating that chaos will prevail in the polling centers in this case, opening the door to fraud and prolonging the counting and sorting phase, in addition to that these centers will not be able to Accommodating voter numbers.

Al-Sayeh noted that the preamble to some articles leaves the door open to appeals even after the end of the electoral process, which poses a threat to the stability and legitimacy of the elected authorities.

And last Tuesday, the committee approved the law for electing the president and parliament and the conditions for running for president, which have always been subject to dispute, and agreed to allow dual nationals to run in the presidential race in the first round, provided that the candidate presents evidence of renouncing his foreign nationality to enter the second round.

Ambiguity surrounds the fate of the agreement

With regard to the candidacy of the military, the law states that the candidate is considered to have resigned from his position “by the force of law, after accepting his candidacy, whether civilian or military, and it is also required that the candidate not be finally convicted of a felony.

However, the fate of this agreement is still ambiguous and has not been widely agreed upon, after several political parties expressed reservations about some laws and demanded that they be reviewed and amended, similar to Parliament Speaker Aqila Saleh, who considered that the election law includes points aimed at “thwarting the electoral process.” While the head of the State Council, Khaled Al-Mishri, who called on the committee, called for more understanding on some points.