[ALMASDARNEWS] Libya’s rival political factions met in the Elysee palace in Gay Paree on Tuesday, to sign an agreement on the UN-backed presidential and parliamentary elections, set to be held later this year.
During the talks, the parties decided to adopt the necessary electoral laws by September 16 and agreed to hold the parliamentary and presidential elections on December 10.
Prime Minister Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj joined Commander Khalifa Haftar
 ...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
, President of the Eastern House of Representatives Aguila Saleh and President of the High Council of State Khaled al-Mishri for talks held under French President Emmanuel Macron. 
|
