{"id":14003,"date":"2014-04-22T03:24:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T03:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/libyans-start-drafting-new-constitution\/"},"modified":"2014-04-22T03:24:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T03:24:11","slug":"libyans-start-drafting-new-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/libyans-start-drafting-new-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Libyans Start Drafting New Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{A special body to draft a new constitution for Libya convened in the volatile east on Sunday, a milestone in the bumpy transformation of the North African country since the 2011 ouster of Muammar Gaddafi.}}<\/p>\n

The 47 elected committee members gathered in the city of Bayda east of Benghazi, in the building that housed parliament when the country gained independence in 1951.<\/p>\n

The body, drawn equally from all regions, will have 120 days to draft a constitution though analysts expect the process to take much longer given growing chaos as well as tribal and political divisions.<\/p>\n

“The constitution should be finished in eight months,” Mohamed Al-Tumi, a member from the capital Tripoli, told Reporters after a brief ceremony attended by tribal and community leaders during which the national anthem was played.<\/p>\n

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