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Libyan Parliament to Meet Next Week to Address Fallout of Elections Delay

A security officer stands in front of the High National Election Commission building in Benghazi, Libya December 16, 2021. (Reuters)
A security officer stands in front of the High National Election Commission building in Benghazi, Libya December 16, 2021. (Reuters)
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Libyan Parliament to Meet Next Week to Address Fallout of Elections Delay

A security officer stands in front of the High National Election Commission building in Benghazi, Libya December 16, 2021. (Reuters)
A security officer stands in front of the High National Election Commission building in Benghazi, Libya December 16, 2021. (Reuters)

The Libyan parliament is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss the fallout from the postponement of the presidential elections that were set for December 24.

A parliamentary source said the parliament will convene in the eastern city of Tobruk to address the parliamentary committee's report on the legal problems that impeded the elections.

The committee has been tasked with communicating with the High National Election Commission and the Supreme Judicial Court of Libya over the elections delay.

The parliament will address the commission's request to hold the elections on January 24, the source added.

The parliament may also tackle the fate of the interim Government of National Unity (GNU) that was formed to ensure that the elections are held.

One probable scenario could see the formation of a new government, introducing a cabinet reshuffle or allow the GNU to operate in a caretaker capacity, said the source.

The commission had requested that the elections be delayed by a month.

The parliament had issued a decision to form a committee of ten MPs to prepare a roadmap for the post-December 24 phase.

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Series of Israeli Airstrikes Hit Central Beirut, At Least 11 Dead

Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Series of Israeli Airstrikes Hit Central Beirut, At Least 11 Dead

Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Powerful Israeli airstrikes targeted central Beirut on Saturday, resulting in a large number of fatalities and injuries and destroying an eight-story building, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

Footage broadcast by TV stations showed at least one destroyed building and several others badly damaged around it in the Basta neighborhood.

At least 11 people were killed and dozens injured. Lebanon's civil defense said the death toll was provisional as emergency responders were still digging through the rubble looking for survivors. 

Israel used bunker buster bombs in the strike, leaving a deep crater, said NNA. Beirut smelled strongly of explosives hours after the attack.
The blasts shook the capital around 4 a.m.

NNA said at least five bombs were dropped in the attack.
It marked the fourth Israeli airstrike this week targeting a central area of Beirut, where the bulk of Israel's attacks have targeted the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs.

On Sunday an Israeli airstrike killed Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammad Afif in the Ras al-Nabaa district of central Beirut.

The Israeli military did not issue a warning for Basta's residents to evacuate prior to the strike and did not immediately issue a statement on it.

Israel has killed several Hezbollah leaders in airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs.

Meanwhile, heavy ground fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants was ongoing in southern Lebanon as Israeli troops have pushed farther from the border.