UNSMIL announces list of candidates for positions in the Presidency Council and Prime Minister

By Sami Zaptia.

London, 30 January 2021:

Following the closing of the one-week period on 28 January for the submission of nominations for the executive authority positions, UNSMIL today announced the list of candidates for the Presidency Council and Prime Minister positions.

The winners will run another temporary interim administration with a narrow brief to prepare the country for the constitutionally-based 24 December elections. This means they must organize a referendum on the draft constitution before the elections for a fully empowered government. That would be the first such government since the 2011 revolution that overthrew the Qaddafi regime.

UNSMIL said it extends its heartfelt appreciation for the efforts of the three-person verification committee, drawn from the membership of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), to review the candidates’ applications in line with the eligibility criteria consensually agreed upon by the LPDF in Tunis.

Declaration of wealth

It reported that all candidates pledged to respect the LPDF Roadmap with regard to the preparatory period paving the way for the holding of national elections on December 24, 2021.  The candidates also pledged that should they be selected for the executive authority, they will present to the relevant oversight authorities a declaration of their own movable and immovable assets inside and outside of Libya, as well as those of their spouses and minor children.

Candidates legally undertake not to stand on 24 December elections

They further pledged not to put themselves forward for elections at the end of the preparatory period and signed a legally-binding affidavit confirming their conformity to the existing Libyan nationality law.  With regard to candidates drawn from the military or judiciary authorities, the verification committee stipulated that their candidacies should conform with existing Libyan laws and regulations.  Following its review of the matter but noting that this is a Libyan-owned process, it is the Mission’s position that these candidates should comply fully with the relevant laws and regulations with regard to engaging in political activities or running for political office.

Voting in Switzerland from 1-5 February

UNSMIL will convene the full Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Switzerland from 1 to 5 February for the voting process for the new temporary unified executive.

Virtual hustings

During the course of this meeting, the UNSMIL will invite all candidates for an interactive session with the LPDF members to allow the candidates the opportunity to lay out their vision on implementing the Roadmap agreed upon by the LPDF, as well as to respond to questions posed by the LPDF members.  In the lead-up to the interactive sessions with the candidates and in the spirit of transparency and inclusivity, the Mission will conduct a Digital Dialogue with the Libyan public to collect questions that will be presented to the candidates.  These interactive sessions will be made available to the Libyan public.

Candidates for the Presidency Council (originally in Arabic alphabetical order) are:

1. Idriss Suleiman Ahmed Al-Qaed
2. Osama Juwaili
3. Asaad Mohsen Zhaiou
4. Khaled Al-Saeeh
5. Khaled Ammar Al-Mishri
6. Salama Ibrahim Al-Ghweil
7. Suleiman Asweiker Awad
8. Al-Sharif Al-Wafi
9. Salahuddin Al-Namroush
10. Tarek Abdallah Al-Ashtar
11. Abdul Rahman Mohammed Abu Al-Qassem Al-Balazi
12. Abdul Raheem Ali Mohammed Al-Shibani
13. Abdullah Hussein Al-Lafi
14. Abdul Majeed Ghaith Seif Al-Nasr
15. Agila Saleh Qwaider
16. Ali Abu Al-Hojob
17. Ali Mahmoud Bukheirallah
18. Omar Mahdi Aboushrida
19. Majida Wefti
20. Mohammed Al-Qammoudi Al-Hafi
21. Mohammed Hassan Sleiman Al-Bargathi
22. Mohamad Menfi
23. Mustafa Abdulhamid Dallaf
24. Mossa Al-Koni

Candidates for the Position of Prime Minister (originally in Arabic alphabetical order) are:

1. Amal Jarray
2. Ahmed Omar Ahmed Meitig
3. Osama Al-Sayd
4. Eman Kishir
5. Jamal Abu Bakr Omran Abughrein
6. Al-Hermein Mohammed Al-Hermein
7. Khaled Mohammed Abdullah Ghweil
8. Daou Abdullah Abu Duwaiha
9. Atef Miloud Al-Hassia
10. Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibeh
11. Abdul Rahim Mokhtar Al-Montaser
12. Abdul Razak Ahmad Abdul Qadir
13. Othman Abdul Jaleel Mohammed
14. Fathallah Hussein Abdul Karim Mohammed
15. Fathi Ali Abdul Salam Bashagha
16. Fadeel Al-Amin
17. Mohammed Al-Ansari
18. Mohammed Abdul Lateef Al-Montaser
19. Mohammed Muin Mansour Al-Kikhia
20. Mouftah Hamadi
21. Hisham Abdullah Abu Shweikat