TRIPOLI — Libya's elections commission on Tuesday closed its online
voter registration portal ahead of national polls set for December, but beset
by growing doubts despite a months-long pause in fighting.
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Commission head Imad Al-Sayeh told journalists in Tripoli that some 2.83
million people in the North African country had signed up to vote, and invited
citizens overseas to register from Wednesday onwards.
Libya, home to some 7 million people, has made tentative steps since last
summer towards ending a decade of violent fragmentation initially sparked by
the overthrow of the country’s former dictator in 2011.
A UN-brokered ceasefire signed in October between warring eastern and
western camps has largely held.
Parallel political negotiations have installed a transitional government
tasked with leading the country towards national elections set for December 24.
But despite months of relative peace,
Libyans remain at odds over when the
elections should be held, which elections, and on what legal basis.
Libya has been without a constitution since Moammer Gadafi scrapped it in
1969.
The 75 delegates selected by the United Nations to guide the political
transition have yet to agree on a constitutional basis for the December polls.
Last week at a virtual meeting they again failed to reach a compromise
despite pressure from the UN.
Sayeh said Tuesday that the commission was waiting for a new electoral law
to be passed in order for candidates to begin signing up.
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