LIBYA TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN 24 MONTHS: STATE MINISTER. (PHOTO).
Libya to hold elections in 24 months: state minister Libya’s presidential and parliamentary elections should be held within 24 months under a unified executive authority and national institutions, a government minister said on Sunday, after rival political factions signed a deal aimed at breaking a years-long electoral deadlock. Walid Ellafi, state minister for political affairs and communications in the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, said the elections should take place “within a period not exceeding 24 months”. Representatives of Libya’s rival political factions signed the agreement on Sunday at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) headquarters in Tripoli, committing to work towards elections within two years and resolve disputes over electoral laws and reform of the national elections body.