Tripoli, Libya (PANA ) - Representatives of the Toubou and Amazigh minority tribes in Libya have announced their rejection of the draft Libyan constitution pending the referendum, describing it as "non-representative of the Libyan people".

The Libyan parliament recently adopted the law on the referendum paving the way to the organization of a vote to adopt the draft constitution.

"The Amazigh Supreme Council in Libya and the Toubou will not recognise the constitution that will be submitted to a referendum and which is considered as being specific to the Arab component only," said a statement issued on Wednesday by the representatives of two groups.

In February 2014, the Amazigh, Berber, Toubou and Touareg tribes boycotted the election of representatives to draft the constitution.

In their statement, the representatives of the Toubous and Amazighs declared that "the policy of fait accompli compel us to preserve our right to create a joint constitutional committee in order to promulgate a specific constitution for the provinces of the Toubous and the Amazighs".

They also reaffirmed the unconditional adhesion of the "Toubous and the Amazighs in Libya to the legitimate rights described in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples".

The statement accused the UN Support Mission in Libya of not meeting its obligations particularly about the rights of indigenous peoples in Libya and their bias for one component to the detriment of the another.

Developed in difficult circumstances by the constituent authority, the draft constitution has had challenges because of dissensions between its members and politically motivated tensions.