Rival Libya factions sign deal to hold national elections within two years

Signing ceremony takes place at UN mission in Tripoli after initial draft signed by UN-backed committee in Tunis on August 20. Representatives of Libya’s rival governments have signed a deal to hold national elections within two years after years of political divisions.

The agreement, signed on Sunday, says legislative and presidential elections will be held under a single executive authority within a “period not exceeding 24 months”, according to Walid Ellafi, state minister of political affairs and communications in the internationally recognised Government of National Unity, based in Tripoli. Libya factions draft initial election pact amid lingering mistrust Qatar pledges support for efforts to end Libya’s political division Libya’s brain drain, 15 years after Tripoli fell The signing ceremony took place in Tripoli at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) after the UN-backed “4+4 committee” signed an initial draft in Tunis on August 20. The committee consisted of four representatives from the House of Representatives, based in eastern Libya, and four representatives from the High Council of State, linked to the Government of National Unity in the west.

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