31 political parties called for a roadmap framed by time arrangements, and urged for the necessity of citizens’ participation in approving any national political agreement through a referendum to provide a major guarantee for the implementation of any political agreement.
This call came in a statement issued by political parties and blocs commenting on the outcomes of the meeting of members of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, which was held in Cairo last Thursday, when they urged for forming a new government.
The parties stressed that the political decision related to the future of the political process should not be reduced to these “illegitimate” bodies, considering that they have contributed over many years to "political paralysis", citing the description of the former Secretary-General’s envoys in their briefing before the Security Council that the House of Representatives and the High Council of State “lack of legitimacy and legality.”
The Libyan political parties reaffirmed that serious and responsible political dialogue between all Libyan parties, and joint cooperation between them, would enable them to contribute to finding solutions that avoid further suffering for the Libyan people.
They pointed to the necessity of forming a new government that could extend its authority over the entire Libyan territory, and whose mission would be to create the conditions to reach free, fair and transparent referendum and elections, noting that the proposed initiatives related to forming authority without setting a clear path for building the state "are a repetition of a track that has proven to be a failure."
The political parties said that they participated, over a period of two years, with a number of unions, civil society institutions, federations, social associations, and a number of political and social figures, in preparing and developing an initiative for a comprehensive solution to the Libyan crisis, noting that one of its most important foundations is addressing the causes of the conflict, not just dealing with "symptoms", and the formation of fragile, weak authorities that were unable to unite Libya.
They said that the true guarantor of the implementation of what is agreed upon is a national charter for peaceful coexistence, a peace charter that includes confidence-building measures among the parties, another for the future vision and its main executive stations, and a charter for local government.
