The United Nations envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said on Monday that proposed electoral laws had not resolved contentious issues and were not enough to allow elections.
Diplomacy has for years focused on the election of a new president and parliament as key to resolving years of conflict but Libya’s rival political bodies have repeatedly failed to agree on rules.
Addressing the United Nations Security Council Bathily said proposed electoral laws agreed this month by a committee drawn from Libya’s two legislative bodies was “an important step forward”.
But he added that it was “not sufficient to resolve the most contested issues and enable successful elections”, pointing to continued disagreements among Libya’s opposing factions that he said could “trigger a new crisis”.