Leon: Libyan political agreement draft sill at development stage.

Tripoli, 29.04.2015 (Lana) The UN Special Envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon has revealed that the draft political agreement between Libyan rivals is still at development stage. In a statement Wednesday he said UNSMIL distributed early this week a draft political agreement proposal. The Special representative in a message addressed to the participants to the dialogue he said that the proposal was based on the discussions during the past three months. Leon pointed out that UNSMIL distributed this draft based on preliminary responses , asserting that the document is still in the stage of development and should be dealt with as such until all parties reach a consensus on what they believe constitutes implementable political settlement. He said the draft aims at finding a middle ground on what he described as the issues most difficult and sensitive and it identifies a vision related to the remaining transitional period pointing out that it is a draft based on several basic principles including not undermining the democratic process and clear separation between the executive and legislative powers. Leon explained that he endevours for a consensus for a future government of national consensus and to provide it with the capabilities to be able to address the great challenges facing Libya. He renewed UN commitment to work with all parties in the coming days for the success of the dialogue. He also pointed out to consult with all parties in the coming days to agree on a date for the resumption of UN sponsored talks in Morocco. Leon is expected to brief Security Council members on the draft which he presented Monday as a solution to the crisis in Libya and which is met by wide spread rejection by the GNC and several other parties. =Lana=