Late last year, the UN announced that national elections would take place in Libya on 24 December 2021 following talks in Tunis. At present, given the noticeable lack of a national identity, elections would, as above, more likely harm the country than aid it. What is as crucial, in the long run, as halting violence, then, is working toward the establishment of comprehensive national identity in Libya. As has long been the case in Libya, individuals draw their identities from tribal, familial, or regional factors, undermining any coherent sense of national identity. The reimposition of the rule of the Senoussi clan established under the 1951 constitution would see Libya restoring the unitary state which once existed, reflecting the consolidation of a unifying Libyan national identity.

Source: Libya Today December 20, 2021 17:43 UTC