Palermo Conference will not resolve the Libyan crisis and will instead deepen the division between Libyan parties, Member of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) Abu Bakr Baira said Sunday.
Libyan parties headed to Rome for consultations prior to the conference, and due to the failure of the outcomes, Russia was called upon to help settle the crisis, he told “Live” show on News 218 channel.
A Russian intervention in the Libyan crisis would resolve it, he added, emphasizing that if the concerned parties do not reach an agreement, any foreign intervention will fail to resolve the crisis.
Meanwhile, member of the High Council of State (HCS) Ahmed Lanqi stressed on Sunday that Palremo should reach outcomes to unify the executive authority and the state institution, support the government of the National Accord (GNA), hold the presidential election and set mechanisms to improve the Libyan economy, and prevent illegal immigration and terrorism.
Lanqi told 218 Channel that Palermo Conference will not succeed without holding several meetings on its sidelines with the General Commander Khalifa Haftar, head of UN-backed government Fayez Serraj, chairman of the HoR Aguila Saleh, and Chairman of the High Council of State (HCS) Khaled al-Mashri. HCS advises both the GNA and the HoR.
During these meetings, the parties should come up with a plan to unify the executive authority and state institutions, particularly military institutions and consider immigrants’ return home.
Meanwhile, he remarked that the parties should also agree on the deadline for holding elections, and all the parties should vow to accept its results.
Participating parties must abide by the outcome of Palermo Conference, otherwise, it would be as futile as preceding initiatives, Lanqi anticipated.
The Palermo Conference on Libya will bring together the main Libyan parties, with the purpose of defining platforms for negotiation between the different components of Libya’s fragmented political arena.
