The UN welcomed the approval by the Libyan Parliament of its parliamentary election law.
“We welcome any step that helps to move towards holding elections on time,” Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General of the UN, told reporters.
Recently, Guterres stressed the importance of holding the upcoming elections as scheduled at the end of this year. He welcomed the steps taken by the country’s Presidential Council to advance the paths of dialogue among all Libyan parties.
In a statement, the UN said that the two sides affirmed the need to ensure the full removal of all foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya and achieve regional stability.
The Libyan Parliament on Monday approved a law for parliamentary elections to take place a month after the planned 24 December presidential elections.
The UN-backed roadmap called for elections on 24 December, but did not specify a constitutional or legal basis for voting.
The Parliament issued the presidential election law on 8 September. The country’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced on 12 September that it had received the law.
Parliament Spokesman, Abdullah Blaiheg said they had approved all articles of the law, which will keep Parliament with the same number of MP’s.
“The law is based on the rules of the current parliamentary elections, but will shift to voting for individual candidates rather than lists,” Blaiheg explained
In September, the Parliament announced the withdrawal of confidence from the Government of National Unity (GNU) but kept it as a caretaker government.
Hajar Al-Qayed, a member at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), said the Parliament’s decision came after reports were issued about the intention of the PM to postpone the elections for the next two years.