Afrasiyanet - Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the government of "Accord" offers an initiative to resolve the political crisis is not clear, which leads many to question the seriousness and described maneuvering paper negotiation to polish its image locally and internationally.
Tripoli - The ambiguity and lack of seriousness of the initiative of the President of the Presidential Council of the Government of "Reconciliation" Libyan Fayez Sarraj, which is seen as a mere recording of a position and not a real step towards ending the fighting and resolve the political crisis.
On Sunday, Fayez al-Sarraj proposed a political initiative to hold general elections before the end of this year.
"From the reality of my national responsibility and despite the brutal aggression that we will continue to defeat and to harness all possibilities for ending it and defeating it, I present today our political initiative to get out of the current crisis," he said in a speech broadcast on Libya's national television channel.
"The Libyan forum is being held in coordination with the UN mission, representing all national forces from all regions who have political and social influence, who call for a peaceful and democratic solution," he said.
He added that "the agreement will be agreed on a roadmap for the next phase and the establishment of the appropriate constitutional base for the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections before the end of 2019. The forum will adopt the laws of the constitutional and electoral process.
The initiative also called on the Security Council and the international community to support the agreement, and its outputs are binding on all, with the United Nations preparing and organizing these benefits.
This is in addition to the agreement during the forum on the mechanisms of activating decentralized administration, optimal use of financial resources and development justice for all regions of Libya, in addition to activating the transitional justice laws and amnesty.
The provocation of Fayez al-Sarraj to the National Army raises questions about whether he is a key party in his initiative or not
Al-Sarraj did not mention the fate of the militias, which he described as "the rebels" and "the Libyan army." He did not specify the parties to participate in the forum and the criteria for representation and participation in light of the reality produced by the war.
Al-Serraj seems to be ignoring the army's weight and insisting on resuming the political process according to pre-April 4 data, where the army had a weak presence in the western region and had no presence in Tripoli.
The army, led by Marshal Khalifa Hafer, controls several locations south of the capital, first and foremost Tripoli International Airport.
Al-Sarraj did not review the mechanism of providing the security conditions for holding the elections less than six months before the date of the elections. He also did not discuss the conditions for a cease-fire in order to create the general atmosphere of the elections and whether his condition regarding the withdrawal of the army from its positions is continuous or not.
In early May, Al-Serraj rejected international calls for an unconditional cease-fire, insisting on the withdrawal of the army from its positions and providing the eastern region with another person to negotiate with instead of Marshal Khalifeh Hafter, a condition that was described as "unrealistic" and considered a rejection of a cease-fire and resistance Military decision.
Which seems to have angered the international community concerned about the presence of extremists fighting alongside it, which quickly reactivated the part of the inspection of vessels off the Libyan coast, which would block the flow of arms flowing to the militias of Tripoli, especially those coming from Turkey.
Al-Serraj's speech did not contradict provocative statements by the army, which he described as "Hafar militias."
Al-Sarraj claimed that his government achieved results described as "positive" on the security, economic and counter-terrorism levels, praising "the courage of its forces, which succeeded in indoctrinating the aggressor and its militias with the lessons of heroism and fighting, breaking a lie that he claimed was a professional army, Tripoli has a picnic that will end in two days. "
He also called for the opening of an international investigation into allegations of "war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the attack on the capital," forgetting the crimes committed by militias for years against civilians and attacks by armed groups loyal to him in the south The most prominent of which was the attack on the beach base of Brak.
Sarraj's military provocation raises questions about whether he is a key player in his initiative, especially since he has been working for weeks to form a political and social force to represent the region gently in the political process.
Observers considered that the initiative of Al-Serraj return the ball to the stadium of UN envoy Ghassan Salama, who described his mission as "ended" during the last period, especially after the army attacked during his recent briefing to the Security Council.
Ghassan Salameh is accused of bias towards the militias and the political stream of Islam, one of the accusations that began since he assigned the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue known to be close to the Islamists to prepare for the conference he intended to hold before being canceled after the military operation of the army.
The United Nations support mission in Libya welcomed the political initiative announced by Fayez al-Sarraj to resolve the Libyan crisis. In its commentary, the mission described the initiative as "constructive to push forward the political process to end the protracted conflict in Libya."
The mission stressed that it "welcomes this initiative and any other initiative proposed by any of the main forces in Libya and offers its good offices to all parties in order to help Libya out of its long transitional phase towards peace, stability and prosperity."
On the other hand, observers expect that the initiative will not resonate with the army, which appears to be in the final stages of the storming of the capital. These are based on their expectations of the reactions of political and military leaders to the initiative.
The channel quoted the director of the Media Center of the Chamber of Operations dignity, Brigadier Khalid Mahjoub, asserting that talk about political solutions is unlikely in the presence of terrorist militias in Tripoli. On his part, member of the House of Representatives, Saleh Fahima, described Fayez Al-Sarraj's speech as contradictory. He claims that he is launching a political initiative to reach a real consensus among all parties without exclusion. He then builds his words in an exclusionary and provocative sentence. , When he pledged to continue to lead the battle. "
Fuhima stressed that any initiative that does not include compliance with Libyan legislation and ending armed manifestations by handing over militias to the army and police will be the same.
Parliament speaker Aqila Saleh confirmed in press statements last weekend that peace talks could not be held before the capital was controlled. "The army could have carried out a strong operation and used all kinds of weapons, but these are Libyans and we keep any drop of blood whatever."
And rejected any proposal to withdraw the Libyan national army or to agree to a cease-fire. "The (military) operation must be resolved," he said. The political solution must always come even after the liberation of the Libyan capital. "
"If anyone can bring these groups out peacefully, the army will return to its barracks and form a government of national unity, but al-Sarraj will not be able to order these groups to leave the capital."
It seems that the political path proposed by Al-Sahraj does not include a cease-fire. A spokesman for the "Volcano of Wrath" operation of the Presidential Council, Mustapha al-Maja'i, said that the military operation in Tripoli was continuing and was not affected by the initiative put forward by the President of the Presidential Council.
He said in statements to the agency, "Sputnik" Russian on Sunday that the instructions issued so far is to continue fighting and responded to what he described as "aggressor forces" from the capital.
He stressed that the political aspect presented by Al-Seraj did not affect the military part in the whole country. He pointed out that the Wifaq gunmen are doing their work in Tripoli and Sirte and all the areas in which the orders are issued and committed by all forces in Tripoli or Sirte.