ALGIERS — The UN envoy to Libya Jan Kubis said on
Monday that time was pressing for Libyans to finalize a legal framework for
elections to be held on time in December.
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"The (Libyan) government has taken the necessary
dispositions to hold elections but we need a legal framework," Kubis said
at the opening of a meeting in Algeria of Libya's neighbors.
"The members of parliament are now trying to finalize
the electoral law and time is running out," Kubis said in statements
carried in French by the official Algerian news agency APS.
The two-day ministerial meeting is aimed at helping Libyans
achieve national reconciliation and draw a roadmap for organizing the polls.
But recent talks in Geneva have exposed deep divisions over
when to hold elections, what elections to hold, and on what constitutional
grounds, threatening to plunge Libya back into crisis.
The North African country was gripped by violence and
political turmoil in the aftermath of the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted
dictator Muammar Qadhafi and in which he was killed.
In recent years, the oil-rich country split between two
rival administrations backed by foreign powers and myriad militias.
After eastern strongman Khalifa
Haftar's forces were routed
from the country's west last year, the two camps signed a ceasefire in Geneva
in October.
An interim administration was established in March this year
to prepare for presidential and parliamentary polls on December 24.
Kubis on Monday said that Libya's unity government backed by
the UN has "allocated the necessary budget for the elections.
"But it is important that as soon as possible we have a
legal framework" for the polls, he said.
Kubis said he told MPs to "assume their
responsibilities and not waste time". He also called on Libya's neighbors
to appoint observers to monitor the polls.
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