The joint committee for the preparation of electoral laws in Libya (6+6), composed of members of the House of Representatives and members of the High Council of State, is expected to meet at the end of the week in Morocco, according to the Italian news agency Nova.
The committee previously held its first meeting on April 5, at the headquarters of the House of Representatives in Tripoli, a second meeting in Libya in early May.
The official spokesman of the Libyan House of Representatives, Abdullah Blehaq, said the last meeting showed some “convergence of views among the members of the electoral laws committee,” adding that “it was also agreed on a working mechanism” for the committee.
The Libyan parliament (based in the east of the country) voted on Tuesday to withdraw confidence from Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, more than a year after his appointment.
Blehaq said the parliament had voted to suspend Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha and appoint Finance Minister Osama Hammad to carry out his duties.
Parliament appointed Bashagha to the post in February 2022, but he was unable to enter the capital, Tripoli, to take over from the head of the national unity government, Abdul Hamid al-Dbaiba, who refused to relinquish his post.
Since last March, the Dbaiba and Bashagha governments have been in conflict, while Marshal Khalifa Haftar controls the east and part of the south of the country.
Libya was scheduled to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in December 2021, but they were postponed indefinitely due to disagreements over the constitutional basis for the elections and the presence of controversial candidates.
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