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Top Libyan officials met on Sunday and discussed the pressing need to complete drafting the country's constitution.
They are saying it is important to have the constitution rewritten before the country holds elections.  

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Libyan officials are saying they want the country's upcoming elections to be based on a newly crafted constitution.
All sides in Libya agree the constitution needs to be rewritten, but there has been no agreement on who will do so or when.
At a Tripoli symposium on Sunday, some of the country's top officials said they want the new constitution to come before Libyans head to the polls.
Libya failed to hold its first presidential election as planned in December, a major blow to international efforts to end a decade of chaos in the oil-rich Mediterranean country.
At the Sunday symposium, Tripoli Mayor Ibrahim Al-Khelaifi said he was disappointed that the elections were postponed in December but added that there could be a silver lining.
"We realized that we do not have a real constitutional rule governing the general form of elections," he said.
The postponement of the Dec. 24 vote has opened up uncertainty over what comes next in the tenuous peace process, raising worries Libya could slide into new round of violence after more than a year of relative calm.
The planned vote was the lynchpin of international peace efforts, and major regional and international powers had for months pushed for it to take place as scheduled.
But many inside and outside Libya doubted the election would proceed as planned. Some warned that holding the vote could destabilize the country, given the continued polarization.
Libya descended into chaos following the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted and then killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Since then, armed groups have proliferated, including local and tribal militias, nationalist and mainstream Islamist groups, al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.

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