The House of Representatives (HoR) announced the opening of nominations for new government’s Prime Minister position, calling on those who wish to be candidates to submit their documents to the HoR headquarters in Benghazi from July 28 to August 11.
The HoR added in a statement on Sunday that its Speaker, Aqila Saleh, called on the HoR members and members of the High Council of State (HCS) to recommend those they see as qualified to fill the position of Prime Minister, according to a statement issued by the House of Representatives’ spokesman, Abdullah Blehiq.
Blehiq said that this candidacy comes “based on the provisions of the Constitutional Declaration and the Thirteenth Constitutional Amendment, as well as on the provisions of the election laws issued by the House of Representatives, in addition to what was agreed upon in the outcomes of the 6+6 Committee, and based on the agreement between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Head of the High Council of State, and the Head of the Presidential Council at the headquarters of the League of Arab States in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on March 10, 2024.”
The statement added that the call also comes based on the statement issued by members of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State after the meeting held in Cairo on July 18.
