Politicians in Libya make another ill-fated push for elections
Expectations for the polls are the definition of insanity
To call it déjà vu would be to understate. Last month Libyan politicians, drawn from the country’s two rival legislatures (one based in Tripoli, the capital, the other in the eastern city of Tobruk) met in Morocco to agree on draft electoral laws. They did not share the text with the public, but drew praise from Western diplomats. After years of delay, perhaps Libya was close to choosing a new government that would end its long political stalemate.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “If at first youdon’t succeed…”
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