The House of Representatives (HoR), Libya’s internationally recognized parliament based in Tobruk announced that it plans to hold a special session in Sirte to grant confidence to the country’s newly selected executive, the Presidency Council and Government of National Unity (GNU).

House of Representatives (HoR) members of the Ghadames bloc of 120-plus plan to hold a consultative session in Sabrata today, in preparation for the ‘‘official’’ session tomorrow.

The media office for the new head of the presidential council Mohammed Al-Menfi reported that the president is in his hometown of Tobruk, meeting with Parliament members to discuss permanently reuniting the House of Representatives and conducting a vote of confidence in the upcoming days.

Holding a referendum on the country’s draft constitution could delay Libya’s planned general elections beyond the stipulated date of 24 December 2021.

More than 100 MPs have agreed to hold a session in the city of Sabratha (75 kilometers west of Tripoli) to give confidence to the national unity government, which would be presented by the elected prime minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, within days, according to MP, Muhammad al-Ra’id.

The House of Representatives (HoR) and the High State Council (HSC) joint Constitutional Committee met for its third round of talks in Hurghada, Egypt today. The UNSMIL brokered talks also included the head of Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC), Emad Al-Sayeh.

The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, Aqila Saleh, called for a consultation session in the city to discuss granting confidence to the national unity government that would be formed in a few days by the interim prime minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah.

A strange thing happened on Friday outside Geneva, not a city you would nowadays associate with progress in the Middle East.

The seventy-four members of the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) on February 5 elected a three-member Presidency Council headed by Mohamed al-Mnefi and a Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Dabeiba.

Libya’s Tobruk administration welcomed Friday’s announcement of a new interim government to unite the country, but added it would only cede power if the eastern-based parliament approved.