The planned vote was the keystone of international peace efforts, and major regional and international powers had been pushing for months to make it go as planned. Mistrust grew when lawmakers decided to hold parliamentary elections a month after the presidential election slated for December 24, rather than simultaneously. But it’s not clear when or if the factions can resolve the differences that led to the vote failure as planned. A legislative committee for the election blamed militias who it said wanted to “fabricate a distorted electoral process,” an apparent reference to Tripoli’s complaints about electoral rules. More than 100 lawmakers held two days of deliberations this week in the eastern city of Tobruk on the future of the electoral process and the interim government.

Source: Libya Today December 29, 2021 15:53 UTC