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Dbeibeh vows to present plan to hold elections by June

Dbeibeh vows to present plan to hold elections by June

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh vowed on Monday to lay out later this week a plan for holding delayed presidential elections by June.

“The election train has set off,” Dbeibeh said in a televised address. “We are proceeding to form a ministerial committee to draft the election law within the plan”.

Lawmakers last week selected Fathi Bashagha, a former interior minister, as premier, saying Dbeibah’s mandate had ended after the presidential ballot initially scheduled for December was postponed. Dbeibah, appointed in United Nations-backed negotiations, says he will step down after elections.