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.
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.
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.
“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.
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