TRIPOLI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Ghassan Salame, on Wednesday proposed a new road map to solve the Libyan political crisis during a high-level event on Libya in New York hosted by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.
Salame's new proposed action plan includes amendment of the current UN-sponsored political agreement, holding a UN-sponsored national conference for all of Libya's political factions, adopting a constitution, and finally election of a president and a parliament.
Some members of the eastern-based parliament, which has rejected the current political agreement, welcomed Salame's proposal, while others rejected it.
Abdussalam Nasia, member of the parliament's dialogue committee, welcomed the action plan, saying it "contains the outlines for tackling the Libyan crisis."
"The action plan is based on rebuilding the state structures away from individuals, which earns the building process significance for the country and the state, rather than a tribe, a city, or a political and intellectual orientation," Nasia said.
"The best thing about Ghassan Salameh's road map is the lack of a new transitional period, as well as holding the upcoming elections on the basis of a permanent regime for the state." Said the member of HoR(House of Representatives), Saleh Efhema.
Following the uprising that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011. Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition amid insecurity and political division despite singing a UN-sponsored peace agreement and appointment of a unity government.
"Six years ago, the Libyan people were promised a transition of 18 months. Their transitions continue, and if no action is taken, no end is in sight," Salame said at the meeting.
"A succession of transitions have failed to bring to the Libyan people what they want the most; stable, effective and predictable governance and decent living standards," he added.
On the other hand, other members rejected Salame's proposal, including HoR Ziad Daghim, who addressed Salame saying "your plan will not pass and we are not like our predecessors."
Daghim considered the road map a "repeat of the foreign guardianship of the country," claiming that he, as a member of the parliament's dialogue committee, would "foil the plan" and have it rejected by the parliament.
No official statement has yet been issued by the parliament regarding the proposal of Salame.
"The first stage in the process must therefore be to amend the agreement. There is a broad consensus on the issues requiring amendments," Salame said during the meeting.
"Once the amendments have been adopted, the second stage is a National Conference. Such a conference is intended to open the door to those ostracized, those self-marginalized, those players who have been reluctant to join the political process."
"The House of Representatives would be expected to prioritize the legislation for a Constitutional referendum, presidential, and parliamentary elections."
"Within a year from now, we must reach the final stages of the process. These are a referendum for the adoption of the constitution, and then, within the framework of the constitution, the election of a president and a parliament, henceforth clearly marking the end of the transition," Salame explained.
