The Constituent Assembly of Libya or Constitution Drafting Assembly
is the chamber responsible for writing a new constitution for
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
in the post-Gaddafi era. It was
elected on 20 February 2014 and began work on 22 April with
Ali Tarhouni
Ali Abdussalam Tarhouni ( ar, علي عبد السلام الترهوني, born 1951) is a Libyan economist and politician. Tarhouni served as the minister for oil and finance on the National Transitional Council, the provisional governing aut ...
as its president.
Drafting work in 2014
The assembly sits in
Bayda in eastern Libya. A city outside of
Tripoli was specifically chosen to have a say in running the country in addition to helping to weaken eastern independence movements, such as the one led by
Ibrahim Jadhran.
Six seats were not originally elected but elections for two of them took place on 4 May, including one minority seat for the Tuaregs.
The assembly was designed to be strictly non-partisan in order to transcend the political divide in Libyan politics. By 25 May 2014, internal laws on the procedure and committees for specific articles of the constitution had been decided upon, along with a 'blueprint' which represented the composition of the constitution. Tarhouni confirmed that the assembly would not have a political role; he stated that it would be "only devoted to drafting the constitution"
2017 final draft
The assembly voted with a two-thirds majority for a
final draft in July 2017.
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Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
Constitutions of Libya
Government of Libya
Political history of Libya