The biggest blight on the CA elections was the led up to them and not the actually conduct of them. The Amazigh boycott and pure information and campaigning are really what made it impossible for these elections to succeed. Yet, by hook or by crook, the HNEC needs to forge ahead and find away to appoint candidates for the 13 Seats where it was unable to open the polls on Feb 20. Read the key article from Libya Herald here.
The turnout in yesterday’s elections for the Constitutional Committee elections was 45 percent, the Higher National Elections Commission (HNEC) has said. But because of violence, disruptions and boycotts, 13 seats cannot be filled as yet.A total of 497,663 of the 1.1 million people who registered to vote had done so, HNEC chairman Nuri Elabbar said at a press conference late last night. However, reports from twenty-nine centres in five Electoral regions were still awaited.The 45-percent turnout, although lower than hoped for, is seen as more than sufficient to avoid accusations that the Constitutional Committee has no legitimacy. However, the appointment of if not all the 13 seats, certainly almost all, is another matter.