Libyan circles say that the political Islam movement loyal to the head of the Fatwa House, Sadiq Al-Gharyani, is pushing towards thwarting the national reconciliation project.
Al-Arab London – The harbingers of postponing the comprehensive national reconciliation conference, which was scheduled to be held in the city of Sirte on the twenty-eighth of next April, began to appear in the space of the Libyan scene, after the features of a new crisis formed between the parties due to the intervention of parties opposed to the project and wishing to keep the situation as it is. . Representatives of the General Command of the Libyan National Army announced their withdrawal from participating in the national reconciliation file, in response to the President of the Presidential Council, Muhammad al-Manfi, withdrawing the decision to include the dead and wounded of the army forces in the “Martyrs Authority.”
According to a statement by the army, the Presidential Council removed itself and ruled that it was not qualified to take over the national reconciliation file, after submitting to threats. The statement called on the African Union to choose a better partner to lead this mission, away from politicization and procrastination, and pointed out that the army forces provided the most precious thing they had to defeat terrorism and liberate the cities of Benghazi, Derna and the south and return them to the state, pointing out that one of the simplest rights is to care for the families of the martyrs and empower them with their rights.
11 members of the Preparatory Committee for the National Reconciliation Conference announced the suspension of their participation due to the actions of the representative in the Presidential Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi, and they said in a statement that they decided to suspend their participation until the management of the reconciliation file is reconsidered, stressing that the Libyan people hope to begin a national reconciliation process through a real national dialogue without exclusion. Or marginalized. The statement explained that Abdullah Al-Lafi’s refusal to include the martyrs, wounded, and missing persons of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces in the competent general body is an abortion of the efforts of the preparatory committee, and evidence of a lack of seriousness and commitment to the ABCs of reconciliation.
In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya, Sassou Nguesso, the members considered that Lafi’s intransigence amounts to undermining the African Union’s efforts to achieve national reconciliation, and a clear obstruction of the work of the Preparatory Committee. They stressed that procrastination, procrastination, and prolonging work on the reconciliation file and delaying its completion under the pretext of And weak more than once, making the meeting of the comprehensive conference next April unlikely, calling on the high-level committee to reconsider Abdullah Al-Lafi assuming supervision of the reconciliation file, and assigning Muhammad Al-Menfi, head of the Presidential Council, or Musa Al-Koni, member of the Presidential Council, or activating the commission. Supreme Council for National Reconciliation.
◙ The Presidential Council removed itself and ruled that it was not qualified to take over the national reconciliation file, after submitting to threats.
Al-Manfi had withdrawn his decision to include the dead and wounded of the Libyan army forces in the General Authority for the Care of the Families of Martyrs, Missing and Amputees in the National Unity Government, after he was exposed to a wave of protests inside Tripoli that reached the point of storming his headquarters, and his deputy Ali Al-Lafi opposed him.
Observers fear that the withdrawal of the army leadership delegation from the preparatory committee will block the way for the comprehensive meeting to be held in the city of Sirte, which is under the influence of the forces of General Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and will lead to entering a spiral of searching for another place to hold a conference within an area that does not exceed the borders of the Tripoli region. They believe that there is a plan to obstruct the conference, the date and place of which was determined during the Preparatory Committee meeting in the city of Sebha, and that there are parties in the decision-making positions, including the Presidential Council, who are not enthusiastic about the meeting or the role of the African Union in managing the reconciliation process.
Informed Libyan circles said that the political Islam movement loyal to the head of the Fatwa House affiliated with the National Unity Government, Sadiq Al-Gharyani, is the one pushing towards the failure of the national reconciliation project, and is moving its allies, including warlords, militia leaders, some hard-line Februaryists, and the remnants of terrorist groups fleeing from the east of the country to the cities of the coast. Western, to put pressure to obstruct the efforts of the Sirte Conference.
Last week, Mohamed Al-Menfi, head of the Presidential Council in Libya, confirmed that national reconciliation in his country would not be real and effective if all concerned parties did not participate in it. He stressed during his meeting with Jean-Claude Jacossou, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Congo (Brazzaville), that reconciliation as a long-term societal project means achieving A comprehensive consensus among the various components of society on a national plan for an integrated historical settlement. In mid-December, the political team of presidential candidate Saif al-Islam Gaddafi announced its withdrawal from participating in the national reconciliation project led by the Presidential Council, in protest against the continued imprisonment of symbols of the former regime.
The team accused the Presidential Council of not being serious about the reconciliation process, by not addressing the issue of releasing symbols of the former regime detained since 2011 without bringing charges against them, considering that “it is absurd to continue this project, and that the spirit of revenge still prevails while some Libyans continue to be treated unfairly.” They are slaves,” stressing that justice should not be given to one party at the expense of another.
This position came after the Minister of Justice of the National Unity Government, Halima Abdel Rahman, confirmed that she had worked to release many detainees to support national reconciliation and state building, but there are those who do not want the success of national reconciliation, while Ahmed Abdel Hakim Hamza, head of the National Institution for Human Rights in Libya, confirmed, There are at least 8 prisons that are not subject to the Ministry of Justice.
The political Islam movement is the one that mobilizes its allies, including warlords, militia leaders, and the remnants of terrorist groups, to exert pressure in order to obstruct the efforts of the Sirte Conference.
A number of symbols of the former regime are still behind bars, despite their acquittal or the end of their sentence, and there are political parties that are still betting on using them as bargaining chips during the next stage. Although the Libyan Presidential Council announced the opening of the file of prisoners of the former regime to overcome the existing political dispute with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s team, none of this happened on the ground.
Presidential candidate Abdul Rahim Al-Barki, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education in the government of Abdullah Al-Thani, accused Presidential Council member Abdullah Al-Lafi of thwarting the work of the Preparatory Committee for National Reconciliation. He explained in a tweet on the social networking site Himself because of his commitment to the instructions of Mufti Al-Gharyani, who rejects any project that includes Libya’s sovereignty, unity, and reunification,” calling on the African Union to reconsider the presidential administration of the reconciliation file.
Amal Bugaighis, a member of the Political Dialogue Forum, supported the decision to withdraw the delegation of the Army General Command from the preparatory committee for the reconciliation conference, and stated on her personal page on the social networking site Facebook that, as is known, the path of national reconciliation emerged from the political agreement that was concluded in Geneva, and she highlighted that national reconciliation It is an internal national matter and there is no need to involve external parties such as the African Union, noting that the intervention of the UN envoy Abdullah Batelli in the reconciliation file is sufficient, calling on all national delegations participating in the “dysfunctional” reconciliation path to withdraw from it until a complete reconsideration of the Geneva Agreement is carried out. .
Batelli announced last week that he had discussed with Abdullah Al-Lafi, a member of the Presidential Council, the reconciliation conference scheduled to be held on the twenty-eighth of next April in the city of Sirte, and called for the necessity of good preparation for the national reconciliation conference to ensure its success. The Presidential Council said in a statement that Al-Lafi and Batelli’s discussions centered on developments in the political crisis in Libya, where they discussed the current political impasse, what was accomplished in the national reconciliation file, and efforts to convene an inclusive national conference, with the participation of all parties in the political process.
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2024-03-31 06:51:52