Libyans engaged in a UN-brokered peace effort voted on Tuesday to approve a mechanism for selecting a transitional government to lead the country into elections later this year, an official said.
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said this in Tripoli.
The 75-member Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) has been engaged in UN-brokered discussions for several months to set the path for the December elections.
Seventy-two members took part in the voting process, with 51 voting in favour of the proposed mechanism, representing a 73 per cent approval rate.
“Today marks the first anniversary of the Berlin International Conference on Libya.
“With this vote, LPDF members took a significant step forward towards the implementation of the Roadmap adopted in Tunis in mid-November,” UNSMIL’s acting head Stephanie Williams said in a statement.
Nominations will now be made for members of the executive authority, followed by another vote in several weeks time.
The resulting transitional government is set to be replaced by a democratically elected government following the election scheduled for Dec. 24.
Elsewhere, the Libyan Constitutional Committee resumed discussions of the constitutional arrangements needed to hold the election.
Meeting in the Egyptian city of Hurghada, the committee met with delegations from the House of Representatives and the High Council of State.
Libya has been in turmoil since long-time ruler Moamer Gaddafi was toppled in 2011.
It has two main competing administrations: a UN-backed one in Tripoli and military strongman Khalifa Haftar who leads forces in the country’s east.
The country became a proxy battleground for rival forces and foreign powers have been drawn into the conflict. (dpa/NAN)