Forty three migrants have drowned after their boat sank off Tunisia, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Saturday. The migrants had set off from the Libyan port of Zuwara and were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
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The chairman of the Civil Democratic Party, Muhammad Saad Embark, told the press on Saturday that some members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) attempt to delay the December elections by insisting on holding the constitutional referendum first.
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Mesbah Doma, a member of the House of Representatives, said on Saturday that “obstructing the elections will not be in the interest of anyone, but rather it is a disaster for everyone.”
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UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said proposals that do not make the Libyan elections feasible and possible to hold on 24 December will not be entertained.
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Interior Minister of former Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bashagha, affirmed his rejection of attempts by some members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to postpone the elections scheduled for December 24.
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GENEVA – Member of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), Ahmed al-Sharkasi, said Saturday that the Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, entrusted members in LPDF to pass the deal of referendum on the constitution to obstruct holding elections.
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Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), said they will go with the political solution “until the end drawn in the road map, which is the elections, and if we do not reach a solution, the army is ready once again to liberate Tripoli from militias and criminals.”
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CAIRO – A meeting expected to be held Saturday between the President of the Libyan Presidency Council, Muhammed al-Manfi, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and the Speaker of the Parliament, Aqila Saleh, on the sidelines of attending opening ceremony of 3 July naval base in Egypt.
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LIBYA – The American Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, said several members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) appear to be trying to insert “poison pills” to ensure elections will not happen.
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Geneva, Switzerland | The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced that the members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) had failed to reach an agreement on the constitutional basis under which the December 24 elections in Libya were supposed to take place.
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