The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) will determine whether it will be possible to commit to the December 24 official date for the presidential elections by the end of the appeals stage, the commission’s chairman said.
Forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) has secured the security situation in Sabha is under control following an attack on the city’s court of appeal by unknown armed group on Thursday.
A source at the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) said that it is likely that the Committee will set a timetable and specific dates to remove mercenaries from Libya directly after a meeting to be held next month in Turkey, and then in another meeting in Russia.
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The 5+5 Joint Military Committee, a structure composed of five members representing Libya’s warring parties, is in Tunis to begin a new series of talks about expelling foreign forces from the country, according to media reports.
Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC) said Tuesday that 98 candidates, including two women, had registered to run in a presidential election scheduled for December 24.
The embassies of France, Germany, Italy, U.K. and U.S. in Libya welcomed on Wednesday the efforts of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in implementing “the technical basis for successful elections” as the commission concluded the registration of candidacies in the upcoming presidential elections on December 24.
The UN special envoy for Libya, Ján Kubiš, has quit just a month before crucial presidential elections in the war-torn nation – without giving security council members a clear reason for his sudden departure.
The Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) directed on Tuesday a letter to the Presidential Council proposing the appointment of the Prime Minister’s son-in-law, Sufian Salim al-Shibani, as an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
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A group of lawyers and legal experts has reportedly formed a committee to submit judicial appeals in the event that the High National Election Commission (HNEC) allows Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to enter the first round of the presidential race on December 24.
U.N. Envoy to Libya Ján Kubiš stressed the need for all Libyan parties to accept the results of the elections. He reportedly made his remarks during a meeting the council’s deputy chairman Abdulla al-Lafi in Tripoli, according to a statement by the Presidential Council on Sunday.