The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has reiterated that its role is to bring Libyan together and facilitate their discussions or to mediate, provided Libyan parties are ready for mediation and for working for a compromise, accusing the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) members- authors of the Roadmap – that often propose ideas and solutions that deviate from the Roadmap and some of which put to question some of its basic premises with the argument that they don’t correspond to the current realities or over-ambitious .
This statement came to respond to statements circulated by social media accounts accusing UNSMIL of allowing the discussion of proposals that fall outside of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) Roadmap or aim at changing the Roadmap altogether, according to UNSMIL.
UNSMIL said it continuously reminds the LPDF and its members as well as other relevant institutions to honor in their proposals and action their ambition expressed in their Roadmap to work for the holding of elections on 24 December.
It said LPDF members often follow their partisan and particular interest, and their actions represent the divides that characterize the broader Libyan society, instead of working for compromises in line with the Roadmap.
UNSMIL also said that it has continuously called on LPDF members as well as other relevant institutions to honor their pledges and live up to the overwhelming demand of the Libyan people to hold the elections on 24 December as stipulated in the Roadmap.
“Furthermore, UNSMIL had publicly reiterated, on a number of occasions, that proposals that do not lead to the holding of elections on 24 December should not be entertained.” It explained.
UNSMIL indicated that it will continue working for the holding of election and with this intention plans to convene and manage the next LPDF meeting.
“The final results will still remain in the hands of the LPDF and its members. It is the LPDF and its members that need to act in line with the objectives of their Roadmap and work together for its objectives, for a compromise, if it wants to remain relevant.” UNSMIL added.
