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A parliamentary spokesperson stated that the December presidential election is a priority due to the 30 days postponement of the legislative vote.
The Eastern Parliament of Libya stated that the legislative elections in Libya have been postponed to January instead of being held on December 24 as planned.
Parliament spokesperson Abdullah Bliheg said at a press conference on Tuesday: “The election of members of the House of Representatives will be held 30 days after the presidential vote,” and it is still scheduled to take place on December 24.
After years of conflict and division, elections should help unify the country, but disputes over the legal and constitutional basis of elections have exposed Degree of split Between the east and west of the country.
The House of Representatives in the eastern city of Tobruk has been at odds with a rival institution in the western city of Tripoli that is equivalent to the Libyan Senate on election laws.
Bliheg stated that holding a presidential election is a top priority, leading to postponement of the legislative vote.
“In recent years, the country has been unable to stabilize itself through the parliamentary system,” he said.
“It is necessary to organize presidential elections as soon as possible.”
Since the fall of longtime leader Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, Libya has experienced a decade of conflict, which triggered a complex civil war and dragged down multiple foreign forces.
The landmark ceasefire between the eastern and western refugee camps last year paved the way for a peace process supported by the United Nations after a year-long bid to capture Tripoli by the traitor military commander in the east, Khalifa Haftar, failed.
Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Debeba took office in the Tripoli coalition government in March, and his task is to lead the country to participate in the December elections.
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