Libya is 70 percent ready to hold 24 December elections, with the 30 percent legal measures still outstanding: Election CommissionBy Sami Zaptia. London, 22 May 2021:Libya is 70 percent ready to hold its forthcoming elections whilst the outstanding 30 percent is the need to pass legislation including the electoral law. The revelation was made Thursday by Emad Sayeh the head of Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) during an extraordinary HNEC meeting in Benghazi that included all regional representatives. More pressure on parliament and HSCThe announcement by Sayeh will be welcomed by those Libyans and the international community who ready do want elections to be held in the country on 24 December. It puts the ball squarely in the court of the status quo/obstructers/dinosaurs who are secretly trying to scupper the holding of Libyan elections.

Source: Libya Herald May 22, 2021 07:30 UTC