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Libya’s election body proposed delaying the presidential vote by one month, calling on parliament to resolve disputes that have threatened the landmark ballot in the Opec nation.
The High National Election Commission said the inadequacy of electoral legislation was a main obstacle to the vote taking place as scheduled. Its proposal to instead
hold the first round of presidential elections on January 24 will need parliamentary approval.
The election is a key step
following long-running United Nations-brokered talks aimed at ending a decade of conflict that ravaged the North African country and battered its
economy.
Among those who registered to run for president are a son of Libya’s former leader Moammar Al Qaddafi, eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar and Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the prime minister of the unity government.