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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya said on Thursday that it had completed an initial technical review of the “Presidential Election Law no. 28/2023 and Parliamentary Election Law no. 27/2023”, which were received from the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 5 October.

The Tripoli-based High Council of State has rejected new election laws, stating it only approves outcomes from talks held in Morocco in June, which are “unanimous and binding to both councils.”

Libya takes a key step towards political stability. The House of Representatives unanimously approved the enactment of the law to elect the president of the state and the law to elect the National Assembly.

After calling for elections in Libya ahead of government unification for years, the United Nations now says unification should come before voting.

The military commander at the centre of clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital has been freed, a day after his detention triggered the worst violence Tripoli has seen this year that has killed at least 27.

Clashes have broken out in the Libyan capital Tripoli, residents said, after the reported seizure of a powerful armed faction commander by a rival force.

One of Libya’s top governing bodies has elected a new leader in a development that could further fracture the deeply divided country.

Key issues remain strongly contested despite draft laws agreed in Morocco by Libya’s rival legislative bodies.