Introduction.
Libya currently has no working government or functional constitution, making it an anarchy state. Different groups fight over the control of the country, with leading factions being the U.S. and U.N-backed government in Tripoli, the Government of National Accord led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dahabieh and the militaristic faction that controls Eastern and Southern Libya under Khalifa Haftar (Stephen, 2022). Due to the division and the country’s history of poor governance dating back to its colonial roots, there is a need to introduce a new government that can unify the country, establish a new constitution, and encourage political stability. The new government should be a consensus regional government with a prime minister as the head of state.
Establishing Regional Governments.
The new government proposed for Libya will divide the country into regions. The regions will be led by a regional head of government and have a unique constitution. However, there will be one overarching national constitution. The approach is crucial as it would allow the different sections of the country to have a unique constituent to practice without compromising the country’s national unity. It is unlikely that the different factions fighting over Libya will relinquish control in favor of one national government (Allen et al., 2019). Therefore, the region structure will guarantee distinctions in the regions. The regional governors are elected directly by the people through elections. The regional leaders will elect an executive prime minister, the head of state. Appoint the executive and work in collaboration with regional heads.
Devolved Units within the Regional Governments.
The regional governments will have divisions to cater to properly developed governance. The regions will be split without any consideration of the ethnic compositions. However, to avoid ethnic clashes and ensure national dialogues cater to ethnic groups within the regional governments, each ethnic group will present a representative to the regional parliament to represent the interest of the people alongside the elected leaders of the smaller divisions within the country (Allen et al., 2019). There will be no national legislature; instead, the regional legislative councils will appoint key representatives to the legislative council to discuss national issues.
Establishing the Judiciary.
The government structure will establish a judiciary arm of government. The judiciary will function as a conventional judicial system with national, regional, and several devolved levels that cater to the specific ethnic and regional needs in the country’s smaller portions under the regional heads. The head of the judiciary is an executive appointed and voted on by the regional heads, with the Prime Minister breaking the deadlock should one occur.
Incorporating the Military as a Regional Unit in the Government.
The military will act like one region; however, it will have a national mandate. The country’s military head will sit in the meeting with the regional heads and the executive. The move is important as it ensures the military has a say in national issues (Subagia et al., 2021). It also helps the country incorporate the militaristic faction currently controlling the West. The military will effectively become an active member of governance.
Unique Features.
Therefore, the approach is unique to Libya as it has three levels of the executive government working in unison. The Prime Minister represents the national level, and the regional heads and the military head represent the regional level. Moreover finally, the third level is under the regional leaders to create avenues for the participation of ethnic leaders. The government approach will have distinct arms of government with separation of power, a national judiciary with developed independent units across the country, and an executive appointed by regional heads under the Prime Minister.
Conclusion.
In conclusion, the approach sense is an equal representation of the different factions, national level, and lower levels. The establishment of the national constitution will unify the country under one ideology. However, it is important to note that the proposed government can create concerns over bureaucracy and the threat of cessation by the different regions.
References.
Allen, J. R., Amr, H., BYMAN, D., Felbab-Brown, V., Feltman, J., Friend, A., … & Yousef, T. M. (2019). Empowered decentralization: A city-based strategy for rebuilding Libya. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Empowered-Decentralization.pdf
Stephen, C. (2022, July 18). Libyan PM allies with ex-enemy to cement ceasefire. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/18/libyan-pm-dbeibeh-alliance-haftar-ceasefire
Subagia, D., Anggoro, D. W., Maarif, S., & Utomo, S. T. (2021, April). Civil and military cooperation on the 2018 Lombok earthquake disaster emergency response. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 708, No. 1, p. 012097). IOP Publishing. DOI 10.1088/1755-1315/708/1/012097.
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