Libya’s political and military parties agree with the parliament’s decision to form a new interim government, which would replace the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Libyan political activist said on Monday.
The Security Council on Monday approved another “technical rollover” for the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) as council members could not find consensus on a substantive mandate renewal.
The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) Aqila Saleh said Tuesday that the HoR started to accept candidates’ paperwork for the position of the Prime Minister and the selection of the winning name to replace the current PM, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, will take place on February 08.
Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh said that delaying the departure of the Parliament’s plane from Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport for 6 hours was a “deliberate act.”
Deputy Prime Minister Hussien Al-Qatrani met on Monday with the European Union’s Ambassador to Libya, Jose Sabadell to discuss the EU’s support for Libya.
Libya’s political rivals should stop conducting musical chairs to stay in power and focus instead on preparing for nationwide elections to be held by June, the U.N. Special Adviser Stephanie Williams said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) office in Libya has denied rumors circulating on social media about destroying shipments of the Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, due to its expiration date after the reluctance of citizens to vaccinate.
Siddiq al-Kabir, Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) hosted in his office on Sunday a rare meeting of the country’s top officials including Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Chairman of Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi, Chairman of High Council of State Khaled Al-Mishri, and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Fawzi Al-Nuwairi.
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Sunday that 5,694 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 34 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 14 others died of the virus, while 824 have recovered during the same reporting period.