The Libyan Constitutional Union is a political organisation opposed to the regime of the coup d'état, which brought Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to power in Libya on 1^st September 1969.

The LCU was proclaimed in Manchester, England on 7^th October 1981; the 30^th anniversary of the Promulgation of Libya’s constitution

The aim of the LCU is to restore constitutional legitimacy to Libya and to re-establish the rule of law.

The LCU called upon the Libyan people to reiterate the pledge of allegiance to King Idris El-Senusi as historical leader of the Libyan people's struggle for independence and national unity, and rally around him as a symbol of legality for the nation.

The Libyan Constitutional Union emphasized the right of the Libyan people to restore justice and thereafter to decide such form of body politic and system of government as they may choose of their own free will in a referendum to be conducted under international supervision within a reasonable period following the restoration of constitutional legality to the nation.

After the death of King Idris in May 1983, the LCU called for the formation of a tentative national assembly to serve as a basis for future democratic institutions in Libya.

Since its inception the LCU has maintained that the illegitimate regime of Col. Gaddafi can only be effectively confronted by a united front standing on legally solid ground.  The only source of such legitimacy is the nation’s constitution, upon which basis the modern Libyan state gained independence by a United Nation resolution in 1951.  The LCU took Libya’s flag of independence as its banner and invited all Libyan opposition groupings to do the same.

The LCU continues to strive to bring to an end the tyrannical regime that has ruled Libya with disastrous consequences since 1969.