Libyan political impasse threatens election as powers meet on crisis

FILE PHOTO: A woman is assisted as she checks names to receive her electoral card inside a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - As political wrangling threatens to derail Libya's proposed election, international powers see little choice but to start the vote as planned on Dec. 24 despite the risk of unravelling a year-long peace process.

Despite the lack of any agreement six weeks before the election on rules governing the vote or who can run, major states preparing to meet on Friday believe there is momentum behind the poll, diplomats say.