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Updated: May 09, 2022

United Nations Adviser Discusses Election Preparations In Libya

By Quadri Adejumo
May 09, 2022
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams held a meeting with the head of Libya's election commission Emad El-Sayeh to discuss preparations for the country's stalled elections.

The two sides agreed on providing support to Libya's High National Election Commissions (HNEC) to keep it ready to hold the elections, the commission said in a statement.

The Daily Sabah reported late Sunday that the U.N adviser said representatives of the Tobruk-based parliament and Tripoli-based High Council of State, which acts as a senate will participate in the second round of talks on May 15 to agree on constitutional arrangements for holding the polls.

Tension has been in Libya since parliament in March gave confidence to a new government headed by Fathi Bashagha, a former interior minister, while Abdul Hamid Dbeibah insists on remaining at his post as the country's prime minister.