Libya’s House of Representatives postponed on Tuesday the vote on the government’s proposed budget until the end of Eid Adha break, the House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq announced.
Libya’s House of Representatives began on Tuesday another session to discuss the government’s proposed budget, after yesterday’s session was abruptly postponed.
Libya recorded on Tuesday 2,640 new cases of COVID-19, while two people were recorded to have died and 369 others recovered, according to a statement by the National Central for Disease Control (NCDC).
Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres is lobbying for the U.N. to take direct control of the disarmament of militias and the withdrawal of foreign forces away from the Libyan interim government, Africa Intelligence reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will chair a ministerial-level meeting on Thursday at the United Nations Security Council, which will be dedicated to the situation in Libya, according to a statement by the French foreign ministry.
The Libyan Presidential Council expresses its hope that the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High State Council (HSC) will agree on one of the proposals provided for the constitutional base in order to enable the elections to be held on time, said the Presidential Council Spokeswoman, Najwa Ohaiba.
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Around 224,000 people are still internally displaced and in need of continued humanitarian aid, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.
The Libyan House of Representatives suspended its session, which was held today, in Tobruk, until Tuesday, without approving the budget proposed by the Government of National Unity, which was estimated at 93 billion Libyan dinars, about USD 21 billion.
Libya recorded on Monday 2,679 new cases of COVID-19, while three people were recorded to have died and 343 others recovered, according to a statement by the National Central for Disease Control (NCDC).