TRIPOLI
Libya's internationally-recognized parliament has preliminarily approved a draft UN accord aimed at ending the country's political crisis.
In a statement posted on its official Facebook page, the Tobruk-based House of Representatives said it had preliminarily approved the draft, which was produced following a recent round of talks in the Moroccan city of Skhirat.
UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon has delivered a copy of the draft to the Libyan factions that participated in last week's talks in Morocco.
MP Tariq al-Jaroushi told The Anadolu Agency on Monday that the Tobruk-based parliament would vote on whether to ratify the UN's draft accord after parliament's legislative and constitutional committee amended the text.
Late last month, Libya's Tripoli-based General National Congress, for its part, rejected the draft proposal, saying it failed to provide "an objective, comprehensive, balanced solution [to the country's political crisis]."
The draft calls for a two-year transitional period and for all parties to respect the results of parliamentary elections.
The proposal also calls for extending the mandate of the country's constitution-drafting assembly.
Libya has remained in a state of turmoil since a bloody uprising ended the decades-long rule of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in late 2011.
Since then, the country's stark political divisions have yielded two rival seats of government, each with its own institutions and military capacities.
Vying for legislative authority are the Tobruk-based House of Representatives and the Islamist-led General National Congress, which convenes in capital Tripoli.
The two assemblies support two rival governments respectively headquartered in the two cities.
