Al-Menfi affirms the Presidential Council's support for any agreement that brings the country closer to elections

Tripoli, September 6, 2026 (LANA) – The Head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Al-Menfi, received a number of ambassadors and representatives of countries accredited to Libya at the Council's headquarters in Tripoli on Sunday. These included ambassadors and representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Qatar, Italy, Russia, Algeria, France, the United Kingdom, India, China, Somalia, Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan, and Greece.

The Presidential Council's media office stated that the meeting discussed the latest political, economic, and security developments, as well as efforts to reach a comprehensive political settlement that would end the transitional phases and lead to presidential and parliamentary elections based on sound legal and constitutional principles, without exclusion or marginalization.

Al-Menfi affirmed the Presidential Council's support for any genuine national consensus that brings the country closer to elections and shortens the transitional phases. He also expressed the Council's readiness to support any agreement that fulfills its legal and national requirements and safeguards the electoral process and its institutions, while avoiding any arrangements that would perpetuate or extend the transitional phases.

The head of the Presidential Council stressed that the existence of established electoral institutions allows for preparations for elections to proceed in parallel with addressing contentious issues, rather than holding them hostage to the resolution of all outstanding matters. He emphasized the necessity of respecting the sovereignty of the state, its institutions, and their jurisdictions, and that access to public office should not be based on imposing a fait accompli or exploiting political and financial influence.

Al-Menfi also affirmed that restoring confidence in the political process requires combating corruption, the smuggling of state resources, organized crime, and impunity. He stressed that political settlement and the rule of law are two separate paths that should not come at the expense of one another.

He called on international partners to support a Libyan-led process that, within clear and achievable timeframes, leads to free and fair elections. He emphasized that legitimacy derives from the Libyan people and that the ballot box is the means to end the transitional phases and build institutions whose legitimacy stems from their will.