New Parliament Opens
The Libyan parliament convened for the first time on Monday, a move welcomed by the United Nations mission assisting the country which said it hopes that the politicians can lead the north African...
View ArticleLeon Visits Tobruk to Back Parliament
UN special envoy Bernardino Leon visited Tobruk on Monday in a show of support for Libya’s elected parliament, the House of Representatives. The move comes as a rival assembly was set up by armed...
View ArticleGNC Hires Canada-based Lobbyist
Montreal-based consultancy firm Dickens & Madson has filed a disclosure with the US Department of Justice listing a company “supervised by Libya’s GNC government in Tripoli” as a client. The...
View ArticleOPEC Picks a Side in Libyan Conflict
Before the annual summit of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna last week, it was not clear which of the two rival Libyan governments would be invited to attend the...
View ArticleUS Denies it Recognises GNC
The United States has confirmed that it does not recognize Libya’s Government of National Salvation (GNS), also known as the General National Congress (GNC). State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki...
View ArticleHead of Islamist Tripoli Gov’t Fired
The Prime Minister of the Tripoli-based General Government Congress (GNC), Omar al-Hassi, has been sacked. BBC News reports that MPs voted to oust him on Tuesday following allegations he misled...
View ArticleNo Agreement Yet on Leon’s Proposals
A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) broke up on Monday evening without making a decision on whether to accept the draft peace agreement or the proposed names for the Presidential Council,...
View ArticleD&M Won Lobbying Contract for Tobruk Govt
By John Lee. Montreal-based consultancy firm Dickens & Madson has filed a disclosure with the US Department of Justice listing Libya’s Tobruk-based government as a client. The recently-filed...
View ArticleLibyan elections set for 7 July
Campaigning has started last week in Libya as the first direct elections since former leader Muammar Gaddafi assumed power over 40 years ago are set to take place on July 7. Libyans will vote in a...
View ArticleLibya Elections 2012: Libyans Vote for First Time in Nearly 50 Years
Elections in Libya will be held on July 7 to elect 200 members to the General National Congress (GNC) (Mutamar Al Chaab Al Aam). The GNC will replace the interim government of the National...
View ArticleQ&A: Libya’s General National Congress election
Around 2.9 million Libyans will head to the polls on 7 July to elect a General National Congress as part of efforts to create a new political system after the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi. What is the...
View ArticleLibya election turnout 60 per cent
Turnout in Libya’s first free national election in decades after the ouster of dictator Muammar Gaddafi was 60 per cent, the electoral commission said Saturday, quoting preliminary figures. “We are...
View ArticleLibya’s new government to take power soon
Libya’s National Transitional Council said it expects to transfer power to the new General National Congress Wednesday. Council member Othman Ben Sassi said Thursday the time between the July 7...
View ArticleLibya council to cede power peacefully
Libya’s interim authorities said they would hand over power to a newly elected congress Wednesday. “We affirm that Aug. 8, 2012, will be the day that power will be transferred peacefully,” Saleh...
View ArticleCongress Vote Themselves $36k Car Loans
Libya Herald reports that members of Libya’s General National Congress have voted themselves a loan of 45,000 dinars ($36,000) for the purpose of buying cars. Resolution No. 46 will take effect from 1...
View ArticleGNC Extends Mandate until End-2014
The General National Congress (GNC) has extended its mandate until 24th December, 2014. The body was originally given 18 months to draft a constitution and manage the country on an interim basis; that...
View ArticleParliament to be Moved to Benghazi
Libya is to press ahead with plans to move the country’s parliament from Tripoli to Benghazi, despite a collapse in law and order in the city. According to a report from Reuters, the plan is part of...
View ArticleLiberals Defeat Islamists in Libyan Elections
Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) has announced the final results of the parliamentary elections held on 25th June. The results are for “individual candidates”, with parties and lists...
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