Sep 10 Sami Zaptia

Supreme Judicial Council approves 10 Libyan political parties out of 18

By Sami Zaptia.The Supreme Judicial Council.London, 10 September 2021:Libya’s Supreme Judicial Council’s Political Parties Affairs Committee announced...

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Six Libyan political parties agree Charter of Honour
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Six Libyan political parties agree Charter of Honour

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 February 2019:Six Libyan political parties signed a code of ethics or charter of honour yesterday governing interaction betw...

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Sawan expected to be re-elected head of Justice and Construction Party; wants parties to be in House of Representative elections
Apr 26 Michel Cousins

Sawan expected to be re-elected head of Justice and Construction Party; wants parties to be in House of Representative elections

By Farah Waleed, Ashraf Abdul Wahab and Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 26 April 2014:Mohamed Sawan is widely expected to be re-elected head of the Justice an...

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Mar 28 Michel Cousins

February Committee wants party lists banned in elections for Congress successor

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 28 March 2014:There will be no list system for political parties the elections for the new House of Representatives which, u...

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Jun 30 George Grant

Elections Analysis: So who are they and what do they actually stand for?

By George Grant.Tripoli, 30 June 2012: 3,708 candidates are standing for election in individual seats and for political partiesIf Libyans are feeling...

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Jun 10 Nigel Ash

Feature: Election delay has silver lining

By Nahla Al-Ageli and Yusra TekbaliTripoli, 11 June:Delays to Libya’s democratic elections now give political parties more time to focus on campaign s...

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May 30 Michel Cousins

The delay in elections and optimism in Libya

The talk of elections being postponed for a few weeks is doing rounds again but the response from the common man is not of surprise or anger but of wa...

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May 22 Sami Zaptia

Candidate data mix-up

Dear Editor,News outlets, including the Libya Herald, have been circulating wrong data about the number of candidates registered for the upcoming nati...

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May 3 Michel Cousins

NTC about-turn on banning religious, tribal or regional parties

Tripoli, 3 May:The NTC has changed its mind on banning parties that have a religious, tribal or regional platform.  Last week it announced that it had...

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Apr 24 Michel Cousins

New law bans religious, tribal and regional parties

Tripoli, 24 April:Libya has banned parties that have a religious, tribal or regional platform. Parties are also banned from receiving any foreign fund...

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