Se eligieron 250 diputados de entre 3.500 candidatos en los que fueron los segundos comicios desde que comenzó la guerra civil. Se celebraron sólo en los territorios bajo control de Bashar al Assad
UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler has said he hopes that ministers from other governments will follow the example of Italy’s foreign affairs chief Paolo Gentiloni and visit Tripoli.
A week after several dozen members of the now largely defunct General National Congress (GNC) controversially met in Tripoli, voted in favour of the Libyan Political Agreement, dissolved the GNC and then reinvented themselves as the State Council envisaged by the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), another group of former GNC members have met in Benghazi with a view to setting up a their own separate State Council.
State employees are to receive their salaries for March, the Presidency Council has decreed.
As partially reported by Libya Herald yesterday, more details have emerged of the State Council’s instructions to the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) regarding dealings with the GNC.
The State Council is said to have ordered all Libyan institutions to stop dealing with the General National Congress. The Eye of Libya website, which is close to the Muslim Brotherhood, carried the claim this afternoon.
Italian Foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni flew into Tripoli this morning to meet Presidency Council head Faiez Serraj at the Bu Sitta naval base.
Amid concerns over a delay in parliamentary polls, the Presidential Palace on Tuesday said elections will be held on time.
"Government is committed to bringing reforms in elections and it will try to hold the parliamentary elections at its scheduled time," said President Ashraf Ghani's deputy spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazawi.
Meanwhile, some senators and political electoral watchdog officials said they were concerned over a delay in holding parliamentary elections in the country.
Deputy House of Representatives (HoR) president Emhemed Shouaib has issued a statement today, a copy of which was received by Libya Herald, clarifying what was agreed upon at the recent Cairo meeting,
The UN has one overriding aim in Libya: to create a unity government or Government of National Accord (GNA) which can then ask for military aid to fight the Islamic State, and for help to deal with migration to Europe.
Dubai: The Kingdom of Bahrain on Monday published a list of 68 Islamist groups it classified as terrorist, the state news agency BNA said.
Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah movement, already branded as “terrorist” by the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League, topped the list approved by Bahrain’s cabinet, BNA said.
Also on the list was Al Qaida and its branches in Yemen and North Africa, as well as Al Nusra Front in Syria and Daesh.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram, Egypt’s Islamic Jihad and Al Murabitoun in Mali are also on the list.
A number of senators and MPs on Sunday criticized government for what they called a delay in sending President Ashraf Ghani's decree on election reforms to the two houses of parliament – Wolesi Jirga and Meshrano Jirga.
"Election is an important matter for Afghanistan. The government leaders lack a strong will in this regard. The gap between government and the people will increase if this prevails," said Senator Nadir Baloch.
Two weeks have passed since Minoo Khaleghi’s election to Parliament in Iran’s recent electionswas nullified without an explanation by the Guardian Council, the body charged with vetting candidates.
Iran’s reformists report that they are endorsing 52 candidates in the second round of parliamentary elections next month.
Al Sufi, a spokesman for the group, told the Shargh daily on Wednesday April 6: “In some ridings we are not endorsing anyone; in others we are endorsing reformists or independent candidates, and in a very few cases, we are supporting the moderate conservative.”
He said only four moderate conservatives are being endorsed by the reformists in the second round.
The Meshrano Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) in its plenary session on Tuesday called on government to send the presidential decree on electoral reforms to parliament.
A number of senators alleged that the government is not interested in bringing about electoral reforms.
They said that it has been almost a month since the decree was issued but it has not been sent to parliament so far.
Afghanistan Civil Society Network for Elections (ACSEN) on Monday criticized the recent changes made in the Election Commissions' Selection Committee and called it was against the proposed draft provided by the Special Electoral Reform Commission (ERC).
Members of the committee said merit and impartiality principles have not been taken into consideration in the Selection Committee.
L’Instance de suivi et de coordination de l’opposition (ISCO) a clôturé son deuxième congrès, mercredi dernier, par un appel.
Prime minister-designate Faiez Serraj and most of the Presidency Council are reported today to be heading to Tripoli by boat in a last-ditch attempt to get to the Libyan capital.
Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) said on Wednesday government has failed to bring about electoral reforms.
"The National Unity Government (NUG) failed to bring about electoral reforms last year," said Ahmad Yusuf Rashid, Chief Executive Director of FEFA. He hoped that the government will not fail again this year.
The foundation urged leaders of the NUG to put aside their differences and work for electoral reforms.
The organization urged government to keep their political affiliations separate from the election council's selection committee.
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