The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Aqila Saleh, met in al-Qubba, a number of political and social leaders in the Cyrenaica region.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Wednesday suggested holding parliamentary elections at the end of 2022 and to start preparations for polls in June.

Libya’s outgoing prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, announced on Wednesday that his government will organize parliamentary elections “at the end of this year”.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said on Monday that elections are now more essential than ever, as he urged the Libyan parties to resume the electoral process that was halted last December.

A two-day technical workshop, dedicated to the modalities of international support for a program of disarmament and reintegration of Libyan armed groups, was launched in Spanish city of Toledo on Monday.

The United Nations’ secretary general’s special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said on Friday that the Joint Committee between the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State on Constitutional Track has reached “an initial consensus” on 137 articles of a draft constitution.

Head of Libya’s High Council of State (HCS), Khaled Al-Mishri stated that the Government of National Unity (GNU), led byAbdul Hamid Dbeibeh does not have the ability to hold elections.

The consultations between Libya’s House of Representatives and High Council of State continue for the fifth day in Cairo.

Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General (SASG) on Libya, Stephanie Williams said she was pleased by the encouraging progress made over the past two days between members of the Joint House of Representatives (HoR) and High State Council (HSC) Committee at their second round of talks in Cairo.

Libya’s parliament wants the government it has appointed under Fathi Bashagha to be based for now in Sirte, it said on Tuesday, amid a stalemate over control of the capital Tripoli where another administration refuses to hand over power.