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Richard Norland, the U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, directly informed Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, who is running for president in the December 24 elections, that candidates must campaign separately from their public position, according to a statement by the U.S. Embassy on Monday.

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UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said she met with the two Libyan women candidates for presidential elections, where they discussed their visions for the country and supporting the electoral process.
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The Libyan Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention of the Minister of Education, Mussa Al-Mgariaf, in connection with the case of negligence in printing the school book for this year.
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Italy is strengthening its presence at the Misurata Airbase in western Libya, where satellite images showed new constructions at the Italian military section of the Base.
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Richard Norland, the U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, arrived in Tripoli today where he visited a polling station to view preparations for the general elections, according to the American embassy.

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Head of the Tripoli-based High Council of State (HCS), Khaled al-Mishri, described the elections scheduled to be held in Libya on December 24 as an “illusion” that would be difficult to achieve.
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UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has said she met with Acting Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Chairman of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), and Minister of Interior, for consultations on supporting the electoral process.
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Libya’s House of Representatives asked the Supreme Judicial Council not to implement a law on the restructuring of the judiciary, said the council’s chairman Muhammad Al-Hafi on Sunday.

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729 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 13 percent of the infection rate, according to a Sunday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC).

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A number of parliamentary candidates as well as political and civil society activists in Benghazi released a joint statement on Saturday, which they announced their rejection of any postponement to the presidential elections on December 24.

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