It appears that the General National Congress is not prepared to hold a vote of confidence in prime minister Ali Zeidan, unless it has already agreed on someone to replace him.
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.
The General National Congress (GNC) may hold an extraordinary sitting today to discuss a vote of no-confidence in Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, according to GNC Spokesman Omar Hemidan.
Voter registration for the elections for Benghazi’s new municipal council is to begin on 16 January and will last until the end of the month. Would-be voters will be able to register by texting their National ID numbers to the Benghazi sub-committee of the Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE). The phone number is 11711.
Official Spokesperson Omar Hmaidan explained during a press conference yesterday that the GNC is on the verge of discussing the law for the return of property appropriated by the previous regime.
Libya's General National Congress on Monday voted to extend its mandate until December 24, 2014, a decision that will not be accepted by many Libyans who see the Congress as being a huge failure.
102 members out of 120 who attended the session voted in favour of the new transition plan.
The General National Congress (GNC) and the High National Election Committee have been attacked by NGO Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) over the low representation of Amazigh, Tebu and Tuareg ethnic groups in the framing of the constitution.
The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani, has called on Libyans to put differences aside and work together in the nation’s interests.
The General National Congress’ Second Deputy President, Saleh Makhzoum, has said that once the elections take place for the 60-member Committee that will devise the new constitution, Congress will cease to exist five months later.
The General National Congress’ Second Deputy President, Saleh Makhzoum, has said that once the elections take place for the 60-member Committee that will devise the new constitution, Congress will cease to exist five months later.
In the wake of his visit last night to Benghazi, Prime minister Ali Zeidan has today announced the formation of a ministerial committee to enforce the Law 53 ban on militias in the city.
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The first in a series of elections across Libya were held Saturday in four towns in the south of the country and in the restive east to replace local councils set up after the 2011 revolution that ousted from power Muammar Gaddafi. |
Prime minister Ali Zeidan today said that the government would be giving a ten-day deadline to protestors at the country’s oil export terminals to leave.
