Tripoli (Libya), November 16: Libya's Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah on Monday said the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections face a major problem of "laws that are designed to obstruct the electoral process."
"The elections are going through a very big problem. The demand for the Libyan people to elect cannot be waived," Dbeibah addressed the gathering of youth and student organizations in the capital Tripoli.
He accused the House of Representatives (parliament), which drafted the election laws, of obstructing the electoral process.
The prime minister stressed the need to hold elections based on "constitutional base and laws agreed upon by all."
Libya plans to hold general elections on Dec. 24 this year, as part of a roadmap adopted by the UN-sponsored Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) with the aim to bring stability to Libya.
The House of Representatives in September approved the presidential election law, and approved the parliamentary election law in October.
However, the two laws spark controversy among some political parties that claim the laws were passed without "consensus" among the parties.
Source: Xinhua