BREAKING: Libya’s parliament says the long-waited presidential election won’t happen Friday. The widely expected announcement was the first official statement that the vote will be postponed.
It was the first official statement that the vote would not happen on Friday, although it had been widely expected amid mounting challenges and calls for a delay. For nearly a year, the election was the lynchpin of international efforts to bring peace to Libya, and many have warned that either scenario — holding the vote on time or postponing it — could be a destabilizing setback.
The country’s election commission disbanded electoral committees late Tuesday, and it never named a final list of candidates as it was supposed to. Al-Sagheir said his committee reached its conclusion after “reviewing technical, security and judicial reports.” He urged Saleh, who suspended his duties to join the presidential race, to return to his job so he could “mobilize efforts” to and help “re-draw a roadmap” to revive the political process.
Libya plunged into turmoil after the 2011 uprising and split between rival governments — one in the east, backed by military commander Khalifa Hifter, and another U.N.-supported administration in the capital Tripoli, in the west. Each side is supported by a variety of militias and foreign powers.
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