Mohamed Takala, who is vying for the presidency of the High Council of State with Khalid Al-Mishri, announced his reservations about the texts of the Libyan Peace and National Reconciliation Charter, which was signed on Friday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Takala said that the wording of the charter "mixes national reconciliation with political settlement, which requires distinction to avoid any ambiguity during implementation."
He also criticized the charter's failure to address transitional justice mechanisms, such as accountability, redress, truth-telling, and legal and institutional reform, questioning its disregard for Reconciliation Law No. 29 of 2013 issued by the General National Congress, describing it as a "suspicious transgression."
The signing of the reconciliation charter was attended by the President of the Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya, in addition to representatives of the African and European Unions, the United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Despite the importance of the event, the signing witnessed the absence of prominent Libyan political leaders, which was criticized by the Deputy Head of the Presidential Council, Mossa Al-Koni, who held the political leaders in the east and west of the country responsible for missing Libya’s important step for reconciliation and reunification, adding that the event was a historic opportunity for reconciliation, attended by the leaders of Africa and the world.
