Libyan Constitutional Assembly election, 2014

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Constitutional Assembly elections took place in Libya on 20 February 2014. [1] Nominations for elections to the constituent assembly started on 6 October 2013; [2] registration for candidates to the assembly was over as of 11 November 2013. [3] The assembly will be composed of 20 members each from Libya's three regions: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan. [2] The work of the committee is expected to last from March 2014 until July 2014. [4] The constitutional declaration submitted in August 2011 by the formerly ruling National Transitional Council indicated that Congress itself would appoint the commission; however the General National Congress (GNC) voted instead to hold an election for the selection of individuals to the constitutional commission. [5] The constitutional commission will draw up the constitution, which will then be up for vote in a referendum. [6] As of early January 2014, 1,001,910 voters had registered via SMS. [7]

Libya Country in north Africa

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. The sovereign state is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, and is the 16th largest country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over one million of Libya's six million people. The second-largest city is Benghazi, which is located in eastern Libya.

Tripolitania Place

Tripolitania is a historic region and former province of Libya.

Cyrenaica Place

Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya. Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it formed part of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica, later divided into Libya Pentapolis and Libya Sicca. During the Islamic period, the area came to be known as Barqa, after the city of Barca.

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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has once again offered to support the electoral process, as they did with the GNC election that occurred in 2012. [8]

United Nations Support Mission in Libya organization


The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is a United Nations advanced mission in Libya, in the aftermath of the Libyan Civil War. UNSMIL is not a military mission, but a political one led by the Department of Political Affairs. It aims to help the National Transitional Council rebuild the State of Law and other institutions. Its mandate was last extended on 13 September 2018 to last until 15 September 2019.

Electoral law

A three-man committee was appointed by the GNC on 13 February 2013 to draft the electoral law. [9] The committee's three members represent each of Libya's historical regions; Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan, and it will also be backed by an advisory council taking one representative from each of Libya's 13 electoral constituencies. [9]

Fezzan Place

Fezzan or Phazania is the southwestern region of modern Libya. It is largely desert, but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys (wadis) in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable Sahara Desert. The term originally applied to the land beyond the coastal strip of Africa proconsularis, including the Nafusa and extending west of modern Libya over Ouargla and Illizi. As these Berber areas came to be associated with the regions of Tripoli, Cirta or Algiers, the name was increasingly applied to the arid areas south of Tripolitania. Fezzan is Libya’s poorest region.

Campaign

The elections are being boycotted by the Berber and Toubou ethnic groups, although 14 Toubou candidates registered to run in the elections. [10] The Tebu National Assembly announced in April that they would run for seats. [11]

Toubou people A North African ethnic group

The Toubou, or Tubu, are an ethnic group inhabiting northern Chad, southern Libya, northeastern Niger and northwestern Sudan. They live either as herders and nomads or as farmers near oases. Their society is clan-based, with each clan having certain oases, pastures and wells.

Re-runs in some areas had to be held on 26 February 2014 due to difficulties on polling day. [1] An election also took place for five Tebu seats on 26 April 2014 and for another two seats in Obari on 3 May 2014, leaving six Amazigh seats unresolved. [11]

Results

On 26 February 2014, preliminary results for 10 constituencies across Libya were released, relating to 39 seats in the Constitutional Assembly. [12] The results for 47 of the 60 seats were released on 2 March 2014. [13]

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Politics of Libya

The Politics of Libya is in an uncertain state due to the collapse of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in 2011 and an ongoing civil war between the Council of Deputies in Tobruk and its supporters, the New General National Congress in Tripoli and its supporters, and various jihadists and tribal elements controlling parts of the country.

Idris of Libya King of Libya

Idris was a Libyan political and religious leader who served as the Emir of Cyrenaica and then as the King of Libya from 1951 to 1969. He was the chief of the Senussi Muslim order.

Flag of Libya flag

The flag of Libya was originally introduced in 1951, following the creation of the Kingdom of Libya. It was designed by Omar Faiek Shennib and approved by King Idris Al Senussi who comprised the UN delegation representing the regions of Cyrenaica, Fezzan and Tripolitania at UN unification discussions.

Subdivisions of Libya

Subdivisions of Libya have varied significantly over the last two centuries. Initially Libya under Ottoman and Italian control was organized into three to four provinces, then into three governorates (muhafazah) and after World War II into twenty-five districts (baladiyah). Successively into thirty-two districts (shabiyat) with three administrative regions, and then into twenty-two districts (shabiyat). In 2012 the ruling General National Congress divided the country into governorates (muhafazat) and districts (baladiyat). While the districts have been created, the governorates have not.

Postage stamps and postal history of Tripolitania

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Kingdom of Libya 1951-1969 kingdom in Northern Africa

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Postage stamps and postal history of Libya

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Constitution of Libya (1951)

The 1951 Libyan Constitution was brought into force on 7 October 1951, prior to Libya's formal declaration of its independence on 21 December 1951 as a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris. The enactment of the Libyan Constitution was significant in that it was the first and only piece of legislation that formally entrenched the rights of Libyan citizens after the post-war creation of the Libyan nation state.

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British Military Administration (Libya)

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2014 Libyan parliamentary election

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2012 Libyan parliamentary election

Elections for a General National Congress (GNC) were held in Libya on 7 July 2012, having been postponed from 19 June. Once elected, the General National Congress was to appoint a Prime Minister and Cabinet. The GNC was originally to be charged with appointing a Constituent Assembly to draw up Libya's new constitution, but the National Transitional Council (NTC) announced on 5 July that the Assembly would instead be directly elected at a later date.

General National Congress

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References

  1. 1 2 "Election re-runs next Wednesday says Elabbar". Libya Herald. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Constitutional assembly candidates being registered". Libya Herald. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Registration closes for constitution committee candidates – 681 registered". Libya Herald. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "GNC votes to extend its life another year". Libya Herald. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Congress opts for an elected Constitutional Commission". Libya Herald. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Muammar Gaddafi's death: NTC commander speaks". BBC. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Over one million register for constitutional elections on final SMS registration day". Libya Herald. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "UN welcomes decision on formation of constitution-drafting body". United Nations. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  9. 1 2 Toler, Lorianne Updike (13 February 2013). "Members of Electoral Committee approved". Libya Herald. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Tebus announce boycott of Constitutional Committee elections; Tuareg split". Libya Herald. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Constitutional Assembly elections re-run in Obari". Libya Herald. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "HNEC announces preliminary results for 39 Constitutional Committee seats". Libya Herald. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "HNEC announces results for Constitutional Committee elections". Libya Herald. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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