Libyan official probes with Abul Gheit Libya's election roadmap

CAIRO - 22 Septemebr 2020:  Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi has met at the Libyan diplomatic mission at the United Nations in New York with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit.

The reviewed efforts exerted by the council to support political process in Libya and launch a national reconciliation plan paving the way for holding elections in December, the Libyan news agency said on Wednesday.

Abul Gheit expressed the pan-Arab organization's efforts to implement the roadmap, achieve comprehensive reconciliation and hold elections to reach a settlement in the north African country. 

Oil-rich Libya has been mired in chaos since the ouster and killing of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. It now has two rival authorities and a multitude of militias vying for control of the country.

The country’s internationally recognised government is based in Tripoli, while Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army, is supported by a parallel administration based in the east.

On March 16, power was handed over from the former presidential council to the new one, and from the 2014 Government of National Accord (GNA) to the Government of National Unity (GNU), which is supposed to pave the way for holding elections on December 24.

On March 15, the GNU members and prime minister took the oath of office before the Tobruk-based House of Representatives.

Egypt and other Arab and western countries have affirmed the need to stick to the roadmap set by Libyans and hold the Libyan general elections on December 24 as planned.