Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, will return to his post in today’s parliamentary session after stepping down three months ago, revealed Abdel Hadi Al-Saghir, a Libyan MP.
Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Qatrani said that Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh thwarted the elections by running for office despite his pledge not to run.
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Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Al-Qatrani said he will meet on Sunday with the premier Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli following a dispute between the two over the government’s performance.
Khaled al-Mishri, Chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, and Fawzi Al-Nuwairi, Acting Speaker of Parliament, met on Saturday in Tripoli, where they discussed “constitutional path and ways to accelerate the course of the electoral process,” according to a statement by the council.
Stephanie Williams, the U.N. Envoy to Libya, welcomed on Saturday the second meeting between General Abdel-Razek Al-Nadori, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), and General Mohammed Al-Hadad, the leader of military forces in west of Libya, which took place in Sirte.
Five officers, working at the Misurata port costumes, have been arrested over the embezzlement of 25 million Libyan Dinars ($5 million), announced the Public Prosecution Office of the Attorney General in a statement on Saturday.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations has affirmed “his personal interest and commitment” to end the crisis in Libya, said Taher El-Sonni, the country’s Ambassador to the UN.
The two leaders of Libya’s eastern and western military forces discussed the unification of the country’s army during a bilateral meeting in Sirte today, said a representative for the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The Libyan presidential elections, originally set for December 24 last year, were postponed due to “conflicting candidacies”, revealed Richard Norland, the U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya.