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Libyan parliament rejects amendments to UN peace agreement

Xinhua, September 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Libya's internationally recognized House of Representatives (parliament) rejected any new amendments to the UN proposed peace agreement, according to a statement released on Tuesday.

"The House of Representatives rejects any amendments to the initial signed agreement previously," the statement said.

The House of Representatives also announced it would withdraw its dialogue team from Skhirat in Morocco, where the UN-sponsored political dialogue sessions are held.

The parliament also said it will "continue its mandate and begin executing the roadmap to ensure peaceful transfer of power and avoid a possible state of chaos and constitutional vacuum until the end of the transitional phase."

UN Support Mission in Libya has sponsored several political dialogues between the country's political rivals for months in order to end the country's ongoing crisis.

Bernardino Leon, Special Representative of UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, on Sunday announced that the Libyan rival parties have reached a consensus on the main items of a political agreement.

Libya, a major oil producer in North Africa, has been witnessing a frayed political process after former leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled during the 2011 political turmoil.

The country is now deadlocked in a dogfight between the pro-secular army and Islamist militants, which has led to a security vacuum for homegrown extremism to brew.

The UN has brokered several rounds of dialogues between the conflicting parties since last September, but clashes persisted despite a truce agreed by the warring factions. Endit