Tunis: The Chairman of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Emad Al-Sayeh, confirmed that the HNEC is working with all concerned parties in Libya to hold the elections as soon as possible.
During a workshop organized by the HNEC in Tunisia with media leaders and the UN Development Programme, Al-Sayeh stressed that the Commission deals with all bodies in power at the same distance, pointing to its independent technical role that is not concerned with political affairs.
He noted that the HNEC is working with the executive authorities, representing the Government of National Unity and the government emerging from the House of Representatives, to provide the necessary financial support to hold the elections.
‘The Commission is currently focusing on municipal council elections as the first step towards general elections,’ he said.
He highlighted that the HNEC faces some obstacles in preparing for the municipal elections, including misleading news campaigns.
Al-Sayeh stressed that the Commission is c
ontinuing its technical and professional work with all concerned parties to get the country out of the political stalemate through free and fair elections.
Al-Sayeh indicated that the Commission is ready to hold elections in 97 out of 143 municipalities, highlighting that a new registration process in the voter registry will be announced in the coming period.
In a related context, an official source in the Commission’s Awareness and Communication Department denied that Al-Sayeh had made any statements affecting executive bodies during the workshop.
The official confirmed in a statement to the Libyan News Agency that the workshop discussed fundamental issues related to media coverage of the electoral process and identified a new mechanism for communication and cooperation in covering any future elections.
Source: Libyan News Agency