While welcoming the recent US strategic plan for Libya, Dr Aref Ali Nayed, Chairman of the Ihya Libya movement, affirmed in an interview with leading Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper the need to hold Presidential and Parliamentary elections this year, according to the initiative of UN Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily, in order to ensure the right of approximately 2.8 million Libyan voters to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nayed said that Libyans will not accept any further delays or any deals between the ruling political factions, and noted that the strategy was in line with the vision of Ihya Libya movement. He added that this year\u2019s elections are an urgent human right of the Libyan people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also praised the gradual approach outlined in the 10-year strategic plan, but stressed the need for a directly elected Parliament and President before entering into partnerships with the\u00a0United States\u00a0and other countries based on fairness and preserving\u00a0national legitimacy\u00a0and sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While welcoming the recent US strategic plan for Libya, Dr Aref Ali Nayed, Chairman of the Ihya Libya movement, affirmed in an interview with leading Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper the need to hold Presidential and Parliamentary elections this year, according to the initiative of UN Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily, in order to ensure the right of approximately 2.8 million Libyan voters to participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"
The Islamic State terrorist group likely will launch an attack on Italy within weeks, not months, according to a senior Libyan government official.<\/p>\n
Aref Ali Nayed<\/strong>, Libya\u2019s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, said in an interview that one likely method of attack would be to use stolen Libyan airliners now believed to be in the hands of Islamists in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n