Security for tomorrow’s elections is set to be high, with the Ministry of Interior announcing that 40,000 security personnel have been designated roles to help ensure the smooth running of the elections.
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Amazighs reject Constitutional Committee ahead of elections, plan own parliament.
The Amazigh Supreme Council today declared in Tripoli its total rejection of the Constitutional Committee to be elected tomorrow and any constitution it devises. It announced that it plans instead to hold its own elections for a parliament for the Amazigh. No date was given.
Read More »Tebu blockade arrival of elections materials in south
Ali Shaikhi, Osama Siala and Al-Aref Al-Khouja at HNEC headquarters (Photo: Ahmed Elumami)
Read More »Elections to go ahead in Kufra and Derna despite ongoing violence
Despite security challenges, elections are to go ahead in the Cyrenaica towns of Kufra and Derna where inhabitants have been plagued by some of the worst violence in the country since the revolution.
Read More »Election fever for Libyans in America
Voter Mohamad Al-Jabani and IOM staff member Raghad Kebhaj (Photo: Shahrazad Kablan)
Read More »Military personnel can vote in Thursday’s elections
Military personnel can vote in Thursday’s elections for the 60-member Constitutional Committee, so long as they have registered, the Higher National Elections Commision (HNEC) announced yesterday.
Read More »Tebus announce boycott of Constitutional Committee elections; Tuareg split
A Tebu boycott of Thurday’s elections for the 60-member Constitutional Committee has been declared by the National Tebu Assembly (NTA).
Read More »Opinion: CSOs launch Voter Guide Initiative to raise constitutional election voter awareness
As Libyans prepare to vote to establish a committee to draft the country’s first permanent constitution since Muammer Qaddafi came to power in 1969, one cannot help but reflect on the changed circumstances in the country.
Read More »Libya’s first mayors elected
The first ever election of mayors in Libya took place yesterday, in Beida and Shahat. Ali Hussain Mohamed Abubakr was elected mayor of Beida and Idris Abdulmajeed Abdullah Belhussain mayor of Shahat by the respective new municipal councils.
Read More »Libya's Constituent Assembly: light at the end of the tunnel?
While the registration process for elections and an apparent political commitment to ‘dialogue’ represent tentative progress, there are still substantial obstacles to be overcome before the committee is formed, let alone the constitution drafted.
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