Divergence inside the State Council over 4+4 outcomes
LIBYA – High Council of State member Saad Bin Sharada said there was divergence inside and outside the High Council of State over the outcomes of the “4+4” committee and over the meeting that brought together a Government of National Unity delegation and the council’s first deputy head, Naji Mukhtar, along with other members.
Differing positions on the roadmap
Speaking on the Tonight’s Dialogue programme on Libya Al-Ahrar, which broadcasts from Turkey and was followed by Al-Marsad, Bin Sharada said the High Council of State’s position, like that of the House of Representatives and others, was marked by divergence: some reject the “4+4” outcomes outright, while for others the picture remains unclear regarding completion of the roadmap adopted in 2025.
The commission, the electoral law and the executive authority
He said the roadmap consisted of three steps — the commission, the electoral law and the executive authority — noting that the House of Representatives’ caution and lack of approval stemmed, in his view, from its reading that the “4+4” committee might grant continuity to the current executive authority, which could prolong the split in the executive.
He added that a large number of High Council of State members had already taken part in the first step concerning the Higher National Elections Commission, in which the House of Representatives had also participated with three members each.
The State Council and parliamentary elections
Bin Sharada said the High Council of State’s position had for a long time called for parliamentary elections only, but noted that the High Council of State and the House of Representatives today faced an awkward position before the Libyan people because of their lack of serious engagement with the roadmap for more than a year and their rejection of outcomes that had, in his view, come within a framework of research and advanced steps.
40 million weapons and external interventions
Bin Sharada affirmed that the “4+4” committee had come after the failure of the bodies charged with finding a solution, stressing that Libya’s problem was not legal but primarily political.
He said the Libyan scene was now governed by some 40 million weapons, alongside interventions and divergences among regional and international states.
15 years of crisis and division
He argued that standing in the way of anyone seeking to obstruct the entire process only deepened the Libyan people’s tragedy, stressing that the situation could no longer be borne after 15 years of crisis, amid a split executive authority and the waste of funds and wealth that he said had led to a deterioration in living conditions.
An alternative dialogue committee if rejected
On the options ahead, Bin Sharada said that if the High Council of State did not approve, a dialogue committee would be formed from several parties, including the “4+4” committee, to move toward adopting a unified executive authority along the lines of the Committee of 75.
A possible new voting session
Bin Sharada concluded that the core problem lay in the mechanisms of implementation on the ground, not in a shortage of initiatives, saying that the UN mission, as far as he knew, had not contacted the members.
He revealed that the High Council of State was preparing to hold a new voting session that could take place on Monday to determine a comprehensive position, expressing his belief that if rejected, the process would not wait for any obstructing party and everyone would move to the other scenario represented by the dialogue committee.
