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submitting the constitution draft to the Conference within a period not
exceeding sixty (60) days from the date of holding its first meeting.
The constitution draft shall be approved by the National Public Conference and
shall be referred to the people for a plebiscite with (Yes) or (No) within thirty
days from the date of the approval thereof by the Conference. If and when the
Libyan people approve the Constitution by two thirds of the majority of the
voters, the Constitutional Power shall then approve the constitution draft as
being the Constitution for the State. The National Public Conference shall also
approve the same. In case of disapproval of the Libyan people, the Constitutional
Power shall then be assigned to reformulate the constitution draft and the
constitution draft shall be re-referred to the people for a plebiscite within a
period not exceeding thirty days.
The National Public Conference shall issue the Law of public elections in
accordance with the Constitution within thirty days.
The public elections shall be conducted within a period of one hundred eighty
days from the date the laws regulating the same are promulgated. Both the
National Public Conference and the interim government shall oversee the
preparation of all the requirements of conducting the election process in a
democratic and transparent manner.
The National supreme Commission for Elections, which shall be reformed by the
National Public Conference, shall conduct the public elections under the
supervision of the National Judicial authority, the United Nations and the
international and regional organizations.
The National Public Conference shall ratify and announce the results of the
elections, and shall convoke the Legislative Authority for meeting within a
period not exceeding thirty days. In the first session thereof, the National Public
Conference shall be dissolved and the Legislative Power shall fulfill its
legislative tasks.
By holding the first session of the Legislative Power, the Interim Government
shall be deemed and taken as a caretaker government for conducting business
until a permanent government is approved in accordance with the Constitution.
Part Four
Judicial Guarantees
Article (31)
There shall be no crime or penalty except by virtue of the text of the law. Any defendant
shall be innocent until he is proved guilty by a fair trial wherein he shall be granted the
guarantees necessary to defend himself. Each and every citizen shall have the right to
recourse to the judiciary authority in accordance with the law.
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