Proposed one-month postponement comes as parliamentary committee says Friday’s vote ‘impossible’ to be held on scheduled date. “Even if the election is postponed until January, we might see these issues raised all over again.” ‘Risk of clashes’ Disagreements showed the limitations of a winner-takes-all presidential vote involving candidates viewed as unacceptable in large parts of the country including the son …
The head of Libya’s High National Electoral Commission has ordered the dissolution of the electoral committees nationwide, in a move that effectively postpones this week’s presidential election. “Basically what this means is that he’s told the temporary workers and the administrators in the polling stations to stop their work, to put away all the election equipment.” Earlier on Tuesday, presidential …