Libya’s electoral commission will finalise preparations for presidential elections, according to the body. Dr Emad Al-Sayeh, the head of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), announced at a press briefing on Sunday that the body will set the electoral roll this week, open presidential candidacy nominations in November, and distribute …

The House of Representatives (HoR) voted by a majority to amend the age of candidacy for the presidency to a minimum of 35 years of age, in place of the age of 40 years previously applicable.

The Libya Stabilisation Conference’s concluding nine-point statement delivered today by Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush reiterated the need for elections to be held on the prescribed time of 24 December this year. There had been some expectations that the conference could be used as the springboard to delay the elections to …

Several House of Representatives (HoR) said they found it strange that the international community was silent toward the discovery of mass graves in Tarhouna, where just recently five new graves had been unearthed with 25 bodies inside, thus bringing the number of bodies to 220.

In a letter yesterday, the High State Council (HSC) called on Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) to cease working with the presidential and parliamentary election laws presented to it by the House of Representatives (HoR).

In its session today, Libya’s parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), passed a law granting every Libyan family a LD 50,000 allowance. The Family Allowance is a political reaction by the HoR to Prime Minister Aldabaiba’s Marriage Allowance and Youth Grants/loans.

Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced today that it had officially received a copy of the parliamentary election law (Law No. 2 of 2021) from parliament (the House of Representatives – HoR).

Libya has faced a bumpy road towards obtaining a stable government, despite establishing a ceasefire in October 2020 which precipitated a unity agreement and slated elections for 24 December 2021.

High Council of State yesterday announced its rejection of the legislative election law approved by the House of Representatives.

Libya’s legislative elections have been postponed until January, the country’s eastern-based parliament said on Tuesday, instead of being held in December as planned.