TRIPOLI, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Head of Libya's Constitution Drafting Assembly Nouh Abdassayed on Sunday announced his resignation, a day before the eastern-based parliament voting session on the referendum law for the country's permanent constitution.
"I declare my unwillingness and inability to continue my work with the Constitution Drafting Assembly as head or member," Abdassayed said in a letter addressed to the assembly.
"I will not initiate or assume this position, or do any work from this date," he said, mentioning no reasons for his resignation.
Abdassayed stressed that he did not belong to a party, group or organization, stressing that he "did not betray Libya."
Abdassayed's resignation comes a day before a session of the parliament to vote on the referendum law on the constitution.
In July 2017, the assembly voted for a draft constitution and presented it to the parliament.
However, the parliament refused to issue a referendum law pending a court ruling regarding the validity of the drafting procedures.
A month later, the appeal court ruled that the draft constitution should be suspended, as the assembly held the voting session on a holiday.
However, the Supreme Court ruled that the administrative judiciary is not competent to hear cases against the constitution assembly.
Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition ever since the fall of the former leader Gaddafi's regime in 2011. The country is plagued with insecurity and political division.
