Kushlaf: Legal Committee proposal to the LPDF is not based on any constitutional or legal basis
Member of the Constituent Body for Drafting the Constitution claims that the rule proposed by the Legal Committee is far passed its mandate and isn't based on any constitutional basis
Kushlaf said in a special statement to Libya Al Ahrar TV that the Legal Committee had broken the LPDF’s road map, which specified that institutions participating in the constitutional process are expected to finish the constitutional entitlement within 60 days.
He recalled that the Constitutional Committee formed between the House of Representatives and the State had agreed on this during their meeting, concluding that the draft Constitution should be submitted for a referendum and that the next presidential and legislative elections should be held on a constitutional basis.
He then added that The UN Mission urged the Legal Commission to go beyond the document’s mandate by restricting its function to planning, organizing, and advising the Constitutional Committee formed between the House of Representatives and the State.
In its proposal to the Forum, the Committee had not decided on the question of the election of the Head of State, either directly by the people or indirectly by the legislative branch, namely, the House of Representatives, but had referred that matter to the political dialogue forum in order to rule on the matter.
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