HoR endorses 4+4 mini-dialogue group’s deal in session attended by 30 out of 200 MPs

Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR) endorsed the outcomes of the 4+4 dialogue committee on Monday at a session attended by around 30 of the chamber’s 200 members.

House Speaker Aqila Saleh announced his support for the (4+4) proposals during the session and called for the swift formation of a unified government with authority across the country to directly oversee presidential and parliamentary elections.

Saleh warned that continued political divisions and infighting risked leading to the collapse of state institutions.

HoR spokesman Abdullah Blehiq said lawmakers present at the session voted “unanimously” to approve the agreement. Around 30 MPs attended the session.

Saleh said the (4+4) agreement was consistent with the approach and outcomes of the earlier 6+6 Joint Committee, arguing that the HoR had already fulfilled its obligations by issuing electoral laws addressing contentious candidacy requirements.

Those provisions include allowing military personnel to stand for election, requiring dual nationals to renounce their foreign citizenship before taking the constitutional oath, and setting a 51% threshold for a candidate to win the presidential election in the first round.

Saleh also called for any new executive authority to be bound by a specific timeframe, with its mandate automatically expiring if it fails to deliver elections within that period.

He further criticised Libya’s continued status under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, describing it as a constraint on national sovereignty that leaves the country vulnerable to external interference.

The vote comes days after Saleh and High Council of State’s Head Mohammed Takala signed a joint statement following talks in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday.

The statement reaffirmed their commitment to the constitutional framework and the Libyan Political Agreement. It also said Turkey was prepared to host meetings of the 6+6 Joint Committee to complete its work on the electoral laws.