Libya recorded on Wednesday 1,248 new cases of COVID-19, while eight people were recorded to have died and 285 others recovered, according to a statement by the National Central for Disease Control (NCDC).
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, issued an executive order on Tuesday, which authorizes the formation of a special ministerial committee to follow-up on the preparations for the national elections in December.
Mohammed Al-Manfi, chairman of the Presidential Council, called on Libya parties to make “concessions” to provide “the appropriate environment” that ensures that the national elections are held in December, according to a statement by the council on Tuesday.
Moussa Faraj, a member of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), told reporters on Wednesday that the United Nations Mission in Libya is currently consulting with the forum’s members on how to reach consensus regarding the constitutional basis for the national elections in December.
Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned, through its official Spokesman, Tango Bilgic, what it described as “ugly act” that touched the Turkish flag during the Libyan Parliament’s session for the annual budget in Tobruk.
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Demonstrators organized symbolic elections in front of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) headquarters in Tripoli urging the elections to be held on time on 24 December.
A very powerful message was delivered in Berlin about the need for elections to proceed on schedule, as outlined by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) on December 24, said U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, at the inauguration ceremony of the High National Elections Commission’s (HNEC) media center on July 4th.
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Chairman of the Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Imad al-Sayeh, received Tuesday the Special Envoy of UN Secretary-General to Libya, Jan Kubis.
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Libyan House of Representatives session for today has been postponed to next Monday, after it was scheduled to be held this afternoon to approve the budget of the Government of National Unity.
Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Khaled Mazen, the Interior Minister, met on Tuesday in Tobruk to discuss security arrangements for the elections in December.