UNSMIL Hands Final Draft of Political Agreement to Libyan Parties.

Tripoli, 30 September 2015(Lana) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya UNSMIL has furnished all parties to the Libyan conflict with a copy of the final draft of political agreement to end the one year long government crisis in the country. The 27 page draft published on Tuesday included chapters explaining provisions of the agreements, including the governing principles, the consensus government, parliament, state council, confidence-building measures, security arrangements, specialized councils and associations, and international support. The draft also included 6 appendixes that included names of head of government, his deputies, government ministers, priorities for the consensus government, the Fundamental rules of the state council, as well as a proposal for amending the constitutional declaration and the administrative and financial issues. The prelude of the draft maintained that this a contribution of the members of the House of Representatives, the General National Congress with participation of concerned and other independent parties. This agreement also is based on four key principals guarantee of democratic rights, the need for a consensus government, empowering state institutions and respect of independence of the judiciary. The governing principles underlined a commitment to formation of a consensus government with full authorities and that the House of Representatives was the sole legislative body during the transitional period and the Islamic Sharia the source of legislation. They banned formation by individuals or groups of military or Para-military organisations outside the state legitimacy, to undertake to abide by the decisions made by the legislative authority through the state civil and military institutions, as well as evacuating the military formations from military and civic posts. =Lana=