The first round of presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya will take place by the end of this year, announced the High National Election Commission (HNEC).
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Bathily reviews with Haftar and HoR Speaker efforts to hold elections
The UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, said on Twitter that he held Tuesday a meeting with Khalifa Haftar and House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqila Saleh, adding that the meeting focused on how to accelerate efforts toward the holding of elections with no further delay.
US Envoy: We don’t want elections to increase instability, and candidacy conditions must be solved
The US envoy to Libya, Ambassador Richard Norland, announced his rejection of any electoral process that “increases instability” in Libya, emphasizing the need to settle the ongoing dispute over the candidacy conditions.
Center for Humanitarian Dialogue to put forward recommendations to Libyan elections in early April
The Center for Humanitarian Dialogue in Switzerland is preparing to hold “an informal brainstorming session with key Libyan stakeholders and members of the international community on 5 April in Geneva.”
Al-Mishri tells UN envoy: Election laws shouldn’t eliminate people for political reasons
The Head of the High Council of State, Khalid Al-Mishri , said in a meeting Monday with the UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily that electoral laws should not exclude anyone for political reasons, stressing the need for respecting the legislation in force related to some articles of electoral laws.
Bathily refers to alternatives if relevant bodies fail to act
The head of the UN Support Mission In Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, said on Friday that he will seek other alternatives if the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS) fail to agree on electoral laws in a timely manner.
Libya elections: Has the UN lost the plot?
When it comes to Libya, the United Nations appears to have gone insane – at least according to the cliched definition attributed to Einstein. With Libya dangerously devolving into the type of discord that already produced one regionally destabilising conflict, UN special representative Abdoulaye Bathily last month announced his eagerly …
Libyan PM, US Assistant Secretary of State support UN envoy’s efforts to reach elections
The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, reiterated support for the efforts of the United Nations Mission to Libya that aim at holding elections, discussing in a meeting on Tuesday morning, in the presence of the US …
HoR elects six members of the 6+6 joint committee to draft election rules
Abdalla Belheeg, the Official Spokesperson for the House of Representatives (HoR), reported that during its session in Benghazi yesterday, the HoR elected the six members of the joint committee (6+6) with the High State Council to prepare the election laws.
PM voices support for UN roadmap to elections, urges Libyans to end transitional stages
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has reiterated support for the efforts of the UN Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily.