He then proposed to Libya’s parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), to reschedule the elections for 24 January 2022. Since then, Libya’s constitution, election law, and judiciary have become weapons in a new battle over Libya’s electoral roadmap as political actors attempt to either stall or re-sequence elections to push a rival out of power, whilst preserving one’s own institutional power indefinitely. Libya’s political deadlockSince last summer, however, the LPDF faced internal political deadlock over how to proceed with the legal framework, namely a constitutional basis for elections. In September, Saleh illegally bypassed a parliamentary vote and issued a presidential elections law by decree. Saleh’s own constitutional process is designed to allow him to delay parliamentary elections until the HoR’s work on a new constitution is completed.

Source: Libya Today February 15, 2022 01:29 UTC