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My personal opinion is consistent with the trend that Libyan The third cap is the United States Administration in Washington.
politicians do not represent many of the aspirations of the Libyan The fourth cap, which is unclear, is the United Nations. The former
people when they discuss the draft constitution. Deputy Head of Mission was Stephanie Williams, She is an
American who was in Bahrain and became the deputy of Ghassan
Nour (in English): could the wars of the agencies be one of the Salama. When Ghassan resigned, she was responsible for the
reasons for Libya's suffering in transition? mission. It sponsored the current Libyan political dialogue, and its
Dr. Muhammad Ghanam (English): Of course, agent wars are one of role was very strong, and it was one of the reasons for the current
the reasons. It is a major reason for what Libya is going through and success.
what Libya is going through in the future. And Libyans are able to Safwat: in case of a referendum on the Constitution before the
solve their own problems if they leave themselves with elections, what is the real strength on the ground that ensures
encouragement and without interference. The main forces intervene the integrity and completion of the referendum?
and do not support Libya, and all countries must let Libya take its The elections are very much about the term "political will," and I
own decision. am a jury and I supervised a lot of elections in Egypt, and the
Nayera: Do you prefer the Constitution first or the elections first? practice of jury in relation to the elections in Egypt, hurt both of the
I'm biased towards the Constitution, and the painful experience in elections and the judiciary institutions in Egypt, and we are very
Egypt in 2011 proved that the Constitution was supposed to come close to elections in Egypt. If the Libyan government wants a fair
first. Logically, there must be no elections without the foundations election, it will. I see that the conflicts in Libya have calmed down
and the foundations in the Constitution, and the referendum is much a lot before. There is an independent electoral commission as well
easier than the elections, and it is easier to accept them, and many of as other international organizations that can monitor elections, and
the existing decades will be resolved. the integrity of referendums is much greater than that of elections
Osama:what will be the nature of the American role in the because there are no candidates.
Libyan path under President Biden's administration? Abdellatif from Somali: Why did the drafting of constitutions
So first of all, Marshal Haftar holds American nationality, is this become one of the most difficult post-crisis problems for
official support from Marshal Haftar? I cannot say yes, in my States?
personal belief, that America has been very conservative in recent I was in Somalia when the Somali Constitution was adopted, and
years, especially after the American ambassador was killed by a it's one of my experiences. My view is that the difficulty of the
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militia in Beni Ghazi, and that was, therefore, a disgrace to the problem is that we emerge from major and often major conflicts
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American administration. It is a major problem for America that has and wars, and we believe that the document will solve everything
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largely neutralized America. And I saw the American role with my and that this is not true, but the solution in its application, which
eyes, and it was neutral. America plays with four hats, the first hat is often depends on political will. The other thing is that the
the American ambassador in Libya. It's a very forward-looking role, constitutional process is often cooked, quickly, negligent or biased
the second that they have an envoy in the Middle East. and does not take its time. Also, the drafters of the Constitution are
detrimental to the constitutional process.
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