Libya’s House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to withdraw confidence from the government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh during a closed-door session in Tobruk, the House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq announced in a brief statement.
Libya needs to “move forward with the electoral framework to allow for Presidential and Parliamentary elections on December 24,” said Victoria Nuland, the U.S. Under Secretary of State, following a meeting with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush in New York yesterday.
The Government of National Unity is likely to face a cabinet reshuffle or turn into caretaker government until legal and financial regulations are set in place ahead of the elections on December 24, said Asmahan Al-Oun, a member of parliament, on Monday.
France will host an international conference on Libya in November 12 as the country prepares for elections at the end of December, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday.
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) has reported on Sunday that 1,038 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 19 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 16 others died of the virus, while 1,208 have recovered during the same reporting period.
Special sources from Oil Libya Company confirm existence of crisis at gas stations in Tripoli due to lack of gas quantities, leading to traffic congestion at the stations, according to al-Wasat Libyan TV.
The Malta-based aviation company Medavia has announced that today’s inauguration flight Malta – Tripoli – Malta had been successfully completed.
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Former Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq is “concretely thinking” about a presidential candidacy in the upcoming elections on December 24, report Italian news website Formiche.