Libya’s Presidential candidates are calling for the polls to be conducted on Friday as it was planned before. The candidates met Tuesday and further called for unity despite the recent proposal to have the Friday polls postponed for one month. "Libya's presidential candidates hold a meeting today to unify national efforts to events with the challenges and the events that our beloved country is experiencing these days, and out of respect for over a million and a half Libyan voters who are waiting for the scheduled date of the presidential and parliamentary elections," said Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya's presidential candidates. The parliament will adopt the necessary measures to remove the obstacles to the electoral process," it announced in a statement. "The appeals phase was a dangerous turning point for the electoral process.

Source: Libya Today December 22, 2021 12:06 UTC