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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

REVEALED: Libya elections could be rescheduled for june | Vintage Vibes

Protesters hold political banners and Libyan flags at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya, February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

A senior UN official said she is pushing for Libya to hold elections by June after the country missed a December deadline to elect its first president since the 2011 ouster and killing of longtime president Moammar Gadhafi.

Stephanie Williams, the UN's special adviser on Libya, told The Associated Press late Sunday that it is still “very reasonable and possible” for the country’s 2.8 million voters to cast their ballots by June in line with the UN-brokered 2020 roadmap.

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