BENGHAZI, Libya
Libya's Tobruk-based parliament will vote within 24 hours on whether or not to adopt a draft UN accord aimed at ending the country's political crisis after amending parts of it, a Libyan MP has said.
UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon has delivered the draft to the Libyan factions that participated in last week's talks in Morocco.
MP Tariq al-Jaroushi told The Anadolu Agency that Libya's Tobruk-based parliament would "vote Monday or Tuesday on adopting the UN's draft accord after amendments were made to it by parliament's legislative and constitutional committee."
"Parliament will vote to either adopt the draft or send it back to the committee for further amendment," al-Jaroushi said.
Late last month, Libya's Tripoli-based parliament said it "completely rejects the draft proposal, as it does not 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 Tripoli.
The two assemblies support two rival governments respectively headquartered in the two cities.
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