A transitional government in Libya has taken power in the capital, Tripoli, officially beginning a process designed to end 10 years of chaos and lead elections late this year.
Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the outgoing United Nations-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), transferred power on Tuesday to Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah, and Mohammad Younes Menfi, who chairs a three-member presidential council.
The ceremony in Tripoli came a day after Dbeibah and his cabinet were sworn in before legislators and Libya’s top judges in the eastern town of Tobruk. legislators had already endorsed the interim government last week amid international pressure to implement a UN-brokered political road map.
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A Step Forward Towards Libya s Future
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (Manul) has announced that participants in the inter-Libyan political dialogue Forum (LDPF) on Tuesday approved a mechanism for selecting the future leaders of the transition between now and the elections scheduled for December.
The UN mission said it organised a vote on Monday and Tuesday during which members of the LDPF were invited to vote on the proposal, which passed , with 73% of the 75 Libyan participants of the LDPF voting in favour.
It did not provide immediate details on the nature of the positions of those who will be appointed to this executive.
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