U.S. envoy says Libya elections could proceed without single government


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

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya said on Tuesday that it could be possible to hold national elections without resolving a standoff between two rival governments and that a mechanism to oversee spending could help with governance for an interim period.

A scheduled election planned for December last year collapsed amid disputes over the rules. Although the parliament has appointed a new government, the one installed last year through a U.N.-backed process refuses to step down.

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