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Libya's capital holds municipal elections
Published: Feb 07, 2021 10:57 AM

The UN-backed Libyan prime minister Fayez Serraj (L) casts his ballot at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Feb. 6, 2021. Libya's Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE) on Saturday announced concluding the municipal elections of the capital city of Tripoli. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)


 

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Feb. 6, 2021. Libya's Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE) on Saturday announced concluding the municipal elections of the capital city of Tripoli. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)


 

Election workers are seen at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Feb. 6, 2021. Libya's Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE) on Saturday announced concluding the municipal elections of the capital city of Tripoli. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)


 
Libya's Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE) on Saturday announced concluding the municipal elections of the capital city of Tripoli.

The UN-backed prime minister, Fayez Serraj, also voted in the elections, and reviewed the procedures taken to make the elections successful during a meeting with officials of the committee, according to the UN-backed government's information office.

A number of Libyan cities and towns held municipal elections recently under the auspices of the CCMCE.

In January, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) stressed the importance of holding municipal elections, and reiterated its call on the unification of the electoral authorities for municipal council elections in Libya.