Jun 28 Michel Cousins

Tuareg and Tebus threaten to walk out of Constitution Drafting Assembly

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat, 28 June 2015:Representatives of Libya’s Tuareg and Tebu ethnic minorities are threatening to walk out of the Constitutional D...

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Apr 19 Michel Cousins

A constitutional draft “in less than four months” says Ali Tarhouni

By Libya Herald reporter.The old Libyan Parliament building in BeidaBeida, 19 April 2015:Sitting in his office in the old Kingdom of Libya parliament...

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Dec 23 Michel Cousins

Libya's Constitution still "a long way off": CDA committee head

By Michel Cousins.23 December 2014:Plans by the Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) to release a first draft of some of the chapters of the new con...

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Mar 16 Michel Cousins

Amazigh and Tebus dismissive of Congress acceptance of Consensus Principle

By Taziz Hasairi and Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 16 March 2014:Libya’s Amazigh and Tebu communities have reacted with scorn to Congress’ decision last Tuesday...

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Jan 23 Michel Cousins

Don't repeat the Egyptian constitution "disaster" says Libyan NGO

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 24 January 2013:Libya must avoid Egypt’s root to a constitution, according to Amr Ben-Halim, founder of the Forum for Democ...

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Dec 31 Michel Cousins

Fatwa Office conference wants Constitution Commission elected; calls for those standing to be vetted

Tripoli, 31 December:The conference organised by the Fatwa Office on Libya’s future constitution has called for the Constitutional Commission to be el...

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Constitutional Commission’s regional divide thrown in question by Congressman
Nov 27 Michel Cousins

Constitutional Commission’s regional divide thrown in question by Congressman

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 27 November:The plan to elect or appoint the 60-member Constitutional Commission on a regional basis is being re-assessed b...

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