A one-year term for the House Presidency Bureau
LIBYA – House of Representatives spokesman Abdullah Bliheg said the House, during its session on Monday at its headquarters in Benghazi, adopted a parliamentary-term system for the Presidency Bureau, under which the term of office lasts 12 months from the date the bureau is elected and ends by operation of law when that period expires.
Session chaired by Misbah Douma, with 102 members present
Bliheg said the session was chaired by Second Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Misbah Douma, with 102 members present, and discussed a request from a number of members to adopt the parliamentary-term system for the Presidency Bureau.
The request provides that the next parliamentary term begins with the election of a new Presidency Bureau, and that the new term starts once the amendment is approved, with the new bureau to be elected within no more than seven days of that approval.
No automatic extension for an expired bureau
According to Bliheg, the failure to hold a session to elect or renew the Presidency Bureau on time does not extend or continue the expired bureau’s term, and creates no additional period of office.
An expired Presidency Bureau is also barred from obstructing or postponing the convening of the House or the election of a new bureau, or from taking any step that would extend its own term.
House convenes by force of law if a call is refused
The amendment states that if an expired Presidency Bureau refuses to call an election for the new bureau, the House of Representatives convenes by force of law, without the need for a summons, once the required quorum is met.
In that case, the oldest member by age chairs the session and the youngest acts as rapporteur, and the session continues until the new Presidency Bureau is elected.
Proposal adopted with 98 votes
Bliheg said that after deliberation and debate, the House voted to adopt the parliamentary-term system with 98 votes.
