Adel Karmus, a member of the High Council of State and former member of the General National Congress, has ripped through statements by UN Special Envoy Hana Tetteh regarding the division between eastern and western Libya.
As local elections continue with difficulty, the head of the UN political mission in Libya is calling for a collective awakening to end nearly fifteen years of transition.
Speaking to local media, Adel Karmus, a member of the Libyan High Council of State, considered the UN envoy’s comments to be factually unfounded.
He stated that if her argument were valid, the House of Representatives would not have adopted the referendum law, which was approved by the Council of State.
The former parliamentarian also considered that the UN mission’s rejection of the 6+6 committee’s proposals, citing insufficient consensus, demonstrated an obstacle to national reconciliation efforts.
He recalled that the House of Representatives had forwarded the referendum law to the commission in 2019, but that it had been, in his words, “unfortunately hindered.”
Regarding the holding of elections, Karmus warned against holding elections while two rival governments are vying for power.
He warned that the results would necessarily be contested by the losing party, whether from the east or the west.
In conclusion, Karmus emphasized the lack of a unified authority capable of ensuring the security of polling stations, believing that this compromised the integrity and transparency of any electoral
process.
He emphasised “the urgent need for a single government exercising its authority over the entire national territory” to enable the organisation of credible elections.
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