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Libya’s New Election Law: Part III

by Isobel Coleman
February 10, 2012

Residents protest against the presence of weapons inside the city of Tripoli in December 2011 (Ismail Zetouni/Courtesy Reuters).

On Wednesday, Libya’s interim government announced that it had finalized an election law to govern the choosing of a new 200-member National Assembly. The election, to be held prior to June 23, will be Libya’s first in more than four decades. In addition to managing the country’s affairs over the next year, the National Assembly will also be responsible for drafting the country’s new constitution.

Over the past few months, the National Transitional Council (NTC) floated earlier drafts of the law; in response to input from Libyans (much of it collected through social media), the NTC made some important changes, including: FOR THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE: Democracy in Development » Libya’s New Election Law