Tag: Libya
Bernardino Leon’s Balancing Act
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling of Nov. 5th which annulled the House of Representatives’ elections, UNSMIL announced that it “[took] note” of the decision and that it would be “studying it closely.” This wording and subsequent declarations by Bernardino Leon...
The Supreme Court resets the Counter
Against all expectations, the constitutional section of Libya’s supreme court ruled in favor of the appeal against the legality of paragraph 11 in Article 30 in the 7th Amendment to the Constitutional Declaration. The paragraph in question, known as the...
Divided We Stand?
On November 4th, the constitutional court is due to rule on the legality of the decisions of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR). Experts diverge on the outcome: some constitutional law experts think that after repeatedly postponing its decision the...
Mousa Ibrahim, Qaddaif’s Spokesma, Re-emergers after Three Years
Mousa Ibrahim who led Qaddafi’s PR campaign to counter the 2011 uprising in Libya re-emerged last week in Cairo, three years after his last public appearance in late summer 2011. Addressing a gathering of former Qaddafi figures and supporters, Ibrahim...
Processus de dialogue à la lumière de la situation politico-militaire : quels enjeux ?
La visite du Secrétaire Général de l’ONU constituait un évènement remarquable. Ce dernier a rencontré deux délégations de députés qui boycottent les réunions de Tobrouk. Ban Ki-moon était accompagné par le vice-président de la Chambre des députés qui représente les...
End of Mission for Hafter?
The London-based daily Alaraby reported according to sources it did not name that the Egyptian defense intelligence briefed Abdulfata Al Sissi about the difficulties Khalifa Hafter’s Libya Dignity military operation has been facing in Libya a few months after its...
UNSMIL’s Ghadames Conference: Much Ado for Nothing?
Despite the fact that UNSMIL’s press release was clear in saying that the national dialogue meeting, which took place Monday in Ghadames, was a preliminary one aimed at confidence-building measures (an immediate cease-fire), the news reports were quick to reach...
UNSMIL’s Bernardino tries his Luck in Libya
Lyon Bernardina, UNSMIL’s Special Representative of the UN to Libya, announced on Sunday that a dialogue would take place on 29 September between the General National Congress in Tripoli and the elected parliament in Tobruk. UNSMIL’s communique states that the...