Libya’s Landmark Vote in Doubt as Election Committees Shuttered
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, right, registers his candidacy for the presidential election in the capital Tripoli, on Nov, 21.
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The head of Libya’s elections commission ordered the closure of committees that would help stage Friday’s presidential ballot, adding to mounting doubts that the landmark vote in the OPEC member will take place as scheduled.
Personnel who would run voting stations and count the ballots, among other tasks, were ordered to remain on standby. But shuttering the committees is the latest decision to cast doubt over the United Nations-backed election that’s seen as key to ending a decade of turmoil in Libya.