The Government of National Unity expressed its rejection of the statements issued by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aqila Saleh, during the meeting of the Speakers of Arab Parliaments in Cairo, describing them as "region-fanatic and separatist."
The government has said in a statement that it denounces and rejects what it describes as legal and political fallacies made by Saleh, considering them to be of a regional nature, and that they promote hate speech; which the statement considered to be inconsistent with the principles of national unity and efforts to achieve stability in Libya.
Saleh called in his speech on Speakers of Arab Parliaments to support the House of Representatives in exercising its legislative duties and to stop dealing with the Government of National Unity, describing it as an executive authority whose specified term has expired, and lacks the legitimacy that the government takes from the people through its representatives.
Saleh said that 85% of the lands under the authority of the House of Representatives and the government emanating from it are witnessing a rare state of development compared to the circumstances it went through, especially Storm Daniel disaster.
Dbeibah's government considered that the performance of the Speaker of the House of Representatives is turning into an approach closer to leading an individual political party whose president monopolizes its decisions, and indicated that many members of the HoR communicate with the government and express their dissatisfaction and disavowal of such positions that deepen the division and do not serve the interests of the country, according to the statement.
It stressed that all existing institutions today, including the House of Representatives, have expired their constitutional term and do not have renewed popular legitimacy, but rather derive their legitimacy from the political agreement, and they are equal in that.
It considered that the Speaker of the House of Representatives' continued imposition of flawed and unenforceable electoral laws was the main reason for obstructing the elections in 2021, noting that this was embodied in an official request to the High National Elections Commission to stop the electoral process, in protest against the relevant judicial rulings.
Dbeibah's government held the Speaker of the House of Representatives historically responsible for imposing these flawed laws, especially the requirement of simultaneity instead of correlation between the presidential and parliamentary elections; which led to the disruption of the democratic process, prolonging the political crisis, and delaying the electoral entitlements. It also renewed its commitment to its firm position rejecting any divisive discourse or attempts to reproduce past crises, considering that such proposals serve foreign agendas and ambitions that have no connection to the national interest.
