Switzerland – 5 February 2021 - The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum members cast their votes this morning for the four lists of candidates for the three-member Presidency Council and Prime Minister positions, which were submitted yesterday and met the required endorsements stipulated in the selection mechanism. 

The selection mechanism stipulated that a list of candidates must receive 60% of the valid votes to be successful in the first round.  As none of the lists reached this threshold in the first round, a second round will be held to vote on the two lists which obtain the highest number of votes in the first round. The threshold for the second round is 50% + 1 of the valid votes. 

The two lists of candidates who received the highest number of votes are as follows (ordered by the highest number of votes):

List 4:

• Aqila Saleh Qwaider (President of the Presidency Council);
• Osama Abdul Salam Juwaili (Member of the Presidency Council);
• Abdul Majeed Ghaith Seif Al-Nasr (Member of the Presidency Council);
• Fathi Ali Abdul Salam Bashagha (Prime Minister)

List 3

• Mohammad Younes Menfi (President of the Presidency Council);
• Mossa Al-Koni (Member of the Presidency Council);
• Abdullah Hussein Al-Lafi (Member of the Presidency Council);
• Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah (Prime Minister)