Tag: House of Representatives

Libya: new cabinet in 10 days following rejection, EU set to sanction peace process spoilers

January 27, 2016

Libyan Presidency Council Tuesday pledged to re-name a new cabinet after the Tobruk parliament rejected the first 32-member proposed government deemed too large. “We will ... Read More

Libya: International community turns eyes toward HoR to uphold GNA

January 20, 2016

Libya’s international partners have their eyes turned towards the Libyan House of Representatives which has to endorse the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced on ... Read More

Libya: Western coalition against ISIS already in Libya

January 4, 2016

Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), different from the two rival governments in Tripoli and Tobruk, formed under the Libya Political Agreement (LPA) signed in ... Read More

Libya: Benghazi HoR’s hardliners stand by Serraj’s government

December 28, 2015

Libya’s newly designated Prime Minister Serraj received major boost over the week-end from Benghazi House of Representatives (HoR) members who granted their support to Libyan ... Read More

Libya: GNA gets backing of 24 municipalities

December 22, 2015

United Nations Special Representative and Head of the U.N. Support Mission in Libya Martin Kobler (C) poses with representatives of Libyan municipalities after their meeting ... Read More

Libya: Political protagonists sign GNA agreement amid rejection from hardliners

December 18, 2015

Libya turned a new page of its dialogue process Thursday as rival political factions and other political figures endorsed in Morocco the Government of National ... Read More

Libya: Presidents of rival law bodies meet for the first time, demand postponement of GNA signing

December 16, 2015

The hoped-for meeting between heads of rival House of Representatives (HoR) and the National Congress (GNC) took place Wednesday in the Maltese capital with a ... Read More

Libya: Tunis, UN call for urgent signing of UN-facilitated Dialogue Agreement

December 11, 2015

Tunisia and the UN once again called on Libyan political protagonists to urgently ink the UN-brokered National Dialogue Agreement in the face of growing instability ... Read More

Libya: Libyan solutions to Libyan problems, mayors

November 27, 2015

A meeting of Libyan mayors, municipal representatives and political figures Thursday in Gharian urged for unity and stressed that Libyan problems must be settled by ... Read More

Libya-UAE: Emirati arrested in Tripoli for spying

November 12, 2015

Tripoli Attorney General’s office announced Wednesday that an Emirati has been nabbed for spying for the United Arab Emirates in the aftermath of the Leon-gate ... Read More