According to the Washington Post, Abdoulaye Bathily, the new UN special envoy for Libya, expressed his intent to follow the developments of the commitments made by the Libyan Lower House speaker Aguila Saleh and the High Council of State chairman Khaled Al-Mishri on October 21st.
This commitment was the result of an agreement concluded between the two Libyan parties to implement the outputs of the inter-Libyan dialogue of Bouznika resting on the posts of sovereignty and unification of executive power in Rabat with the presence of Nasser Bourita, Morocco’s FM.
During a press release following the meeting with Bourita, in order to do “what is necessary to initiate presidential and parliamentary elections,” the Libyan rivals stated wanting to “ensure that there is a single executive power in Libya as soon as possible.”
Abdoulaye Bathily stated that the goal he has set is to help Libyan parties “agree on political, constitutional, legal and security measures to advance preparations for elections as soon as possible in keeping with the aspirations clearly expressed by the Libyan people.”
He also told the Security Council that “the political deadlock persists with no clear end in sight to the prolonged stalemate over the executive,” adding that, “further, efforts to resolve the remaining outstanding issues related to the constitutional basis for elections does not appear to lead to concrete action by the relevant actors, further delaying prospects for the holding of inclusive, free and fair elections aimed at ending the transition and reinstating the legitimacy of institutions.”