The High National Election Commission (HNEC) has requested amendments to the presidential election law, which the House of Representatives issued few weeks ago to serve as legal framework for the election on December 24.
Libyan bomb technicians took part in the “Raven’s Challenge”, which is an IED training exercise conducted by the U.S. AFRICOM at the Iowa National Guard Center.
The House of Representatives postponed today’s session to finalize the parliamentary elections bill ahead of presenting it for vote before Libyan lawmakers, announced the House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq on Sunday.
46 members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) has called on U.N. Envoy Ján Kubiš to hold an emergency meeting for the forum to discuss obstacles facing the peace raodmap and solutions to it.
Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has warned against “spoilers” who attempt to obstruct the Libyan presidential and parliamentary elections on December 24.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), has formed a committee to receive requests to grant Libyan citizenship to the children of Libyan women married to non-Libyans, the children of naturalized citizens and those who could not prove their Libyan origins.
Forty six members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) declared their adherence to the December elections and demanded the UN envoy, Jan Kubis, to hold an emergency session of the Forum.
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Libyan University Faculty Members Syndicate has called on all its members to engage in an open strike starting next Sunday, due “the government’s disrespect for the academic elites and ignoring their demands.”
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Mohamed al-Menfi, chairman of the Presidential Council, said on Saturday he would urge candidates who are planning to run for the general elections not to take part unless there was consensus on the vote’s legal framework.
An Airbus A400 cargo plane of the British Air Force left Misurata Air College Airport on Saturday night shortly after landing. This comes after 4 Turkish military cargo planes landed in the same airport during the past 72 hours.