alkhabar
Maghreb
Inspite of this chaos the election is going ahead.The General National Congress (GNC), a 200-member body, will replace the current, unelected and largely unloved National Transitional Council(NTC).
The High National Election Commissions (HNEC) has registered 2,501 independent candidates and 142 political associations with 1,206 list candidates.Roughly, 2.8 million Libyans have registered to vote, which is over 80 percent of all eligible voters.That the democratic process is going ahead with EU observers in place, is encouraging but many wonder what sort of new government will be created. That it will be a change from the NTC is seen as a positive development but guiding the formation of the new government and establishing control will be the first big hurdle. Security and stability are major issues for healing the diivded society and encouraging foreign investment.
The GNC will replace the unelected NTC and appoint and confirm a new prime minister within 30 days from its first meeting. The prime minister will then appoint a new government, which will require a two-thirds confirmation by the GNC.
The GNC will have legislative powers and responsibility for drafting the legal electoral framework for the general elections after the new constitution is ratified by Libyan citizens in a general referendum.
Drafting the new constitution will be assigned to a 60-member Constituent Committee that will be selected by the GNC within 30 days from its first meeting.As illustrated by these committees in Egypt and Tunisia the Libyan Constituent Committee will need to draft the constitution as quickly as possible as a delayed consitution means undefined powers.
Observers have been commenting on the fact that many Libyans who will be voting on July 7 still have problems with understanding the practicalities of the elections' process itself. Women constitute over 43 percent of the registered voters in the country.
There has not been enough time for the High National Elections Commission, HNEC, to fully educate the public as to how they should go about with the voting process but the importnt fact is that the elections are going ahead.
Conventional electioneering by political parties and individual candidates running for the 200 seats has not happened but after 42 years of Gaddafi's dictatorship freedom of expression and communication will take time to make headway in Libya's new society.
The High National Election Commissions (HNEC) has registered 2,501 independent candidates and 142 political associations with 1,206 list candidates.Roughly, 2.8 million Libyans have registered to vote, which is over 80 percent of all eligible voters.That the democratic process is going ahead with EU observers in place, is encouraging but many wonder what sort of new government will be created. That it will be a change from the NTC is seen as a positive development but guiding the formation of the new government and establishing control will be the first big hurdle. Security and stability are major issues for healing the diivded society and encouraging foreign investment.
The GNC will replace the unelected NTC and appoint and confirm a new prime minister within 30 days from its first meeting. The prime minister will then appoint a new government, which will require a two-thirds confirmation by the GNC.
The GNC will have legislative powers and responsibility for drafting the legal electoral framework for the general elections after the new constitution is ratified by Libyan citizens in a general referendum.
Drafting the new constitution will be assigned to a 60-member Constituent Committee that will be selected by the GNC within 30 days from its first meeting.As illustrated by these committees in Egypt and Tunisia the Libyan Constituent Committee will need to draft the constitution as quickly as possible as a delayed consitution means undefined powers.
Observers have been commenting on the fact that many Libyans who will be voting on July 7 still have problems with understanding the practicalities of the elections' process itself. Women constitute over 43 percent of the registered voters in the country.
There has not been enough time for the High National Elections Commission, HNEC, to fully educate the public as to how they should go about with the voting process but the importnt fact is that the elections are going ahead.
Conventional electioneering by political parties and individual candidates running for the 200 seats has not happened but after 42 years of Gaddafi's dictatorship freedom of expression and communication will take time to make headway in Libya's new society.
