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.

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.

Forty-eight members of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) issued a statement Tuesday denying remarks by Russia’s foreign minister that Russian intervention in Libya came at the request of the HoR.

Following Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba’s live speech to thousands of protestors in Tripoli’s Martyr Square on Friday night, House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Ageela Saleh gave a live interview to Libya’s 218TV on Saturday.

Today’s House of Representatives (HoR) session has been postponed until next week.