Libya delays long-awaited election

[anatta]

Libya delays long-awaited election seen as key to peace

Authorities overseeing war-torn Libya's first presidential election have confirmed that holding it on Friday as scheduled is "impossible" and suggested a month-long delay.

news.yahoo.com

speculation of a delay had been mounting for weeks. There were bitter disputes over the vote's legal basis, the powers of the winner and the candidacies of several deeply divisive figures.

The election, intended to go hand-in-hand with parliamentary polls, was part of a United Nations-led peace process, yet the UN's special envoy Jan Kubis resigned just weeks before the ballot.

The political uncertainty has raised tensions on the ground across Libya, which is controlled by an array of armed groups, including thousands of foreign mercenaries.

Gunmen had deployed in the suburbs of Tripoli on Tuesday, using a tank and machine gun-mounted pickup trucks to block roads in the Fornaj district, although tensions eased later in the day.

 

[anatta]

there has been a military stalemate/standoff on the groundfor a year. The UN wants the election,the people want the election
but the factions are split on accepting the results.

10 years after we 'broke Libya' it's still broken (failed state)

 

[anatta]

Turkey, Russia, Qatar etc all backing different factions
This was supposed to be an election for a "temporary" president, and then Libya would 'stabilize'
for a regular order election
It's still that bad - can't even get a figurehead in office