It has been a year since elections were to take place in Libya under the UN peace initiative, formally known as the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), on December 24, 2021. The delay in the elections and the existence of two rival governments in the country has increased fears that Libya will either relapse into full-scale civil war or split into two. These were postponed at the last movement because of disagreements over the electoral law and Dbeibah’s own candidacy. The total number of internally displaced people in Libya now is 134,787, as opposed to over 316,000 in October 2020. Bathily also noted the issues hampering the peace process in Libya, such as the serious disagreements over the draft constitution first proposed in 2017.

Source: Libya Today December 23, 2022 05:41 UTC