Members of the General National Congress (GNC) have asked for General Chief of Staff Jadallah Al-Obaidi to be recalled to Tripoli over his failure to take action against the North Korean-flagged tanker Morning Glory which illegally loaded oil from Es-Sider yesterday.
Voter and candidate registration for four new municipal councils in the Tripoli area will begin next week, according to the chairman of the Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE), Otman Gajiji.
Tomorrow could turn out to be a seminal day in the history of the new post-February 17th Libya as the General National Council (GNC) attempts to vote on a number of key issues that could determine Libya’s new and nascent democratic future.
The Higher National Elections Commission (HNEC) has announced the results of the elections for 47 of the seats for
The elections in the southern town of Obari for the Constitutional Committee were suspended today when at least two of the polling centres was stormed and set on fire. There are reports that two or three more stations were attacked as well. Other polling centres in the area then closed as a result.
Five polling stations were blown up in Derna late last night causing severe damages to buildings and reportedly intimidating voters from going out to vote in today elections for the Constitutional Committee. A man was killed in one of the attacks.
There was confusion at the General National Congress this evening after it was announced on TV that Zintan’s Qaqaa and Sawaiq brigades had issued an ultimatum to its members to resign by 10 pm or be arrested.
The 6,450 Libyans registered abroad to vote in the Constitutional Committee elections today started casting their votes.
Another Congress member has resigned in response to the extension of the General National Congress (GNC) beyond 7 February – the sixth resignation on these grounds.
The General National Congress yesterday officially formed the February Committee to draft an amendment to the 2011 Constitutional Declaration to set up the procedure for parliamentary and presidential elections.
