Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A select members of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) and the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) took part in the sixth session of the African Parliament, held at the African Parliament's headquarters in Midrand, South Africa Full text...
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Togo moves from presidential to parliamentary system
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - With three weeks to go before legislative elections in Togo, members of parliament (MPs) voted on Monday evening to pass a law changing the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system, PANA learned on Tuesday from parliamentary sources Full text...
Libyan MPs form technical committee to monitor impact of exchange rate fluntuations on citizens
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan House of Representatives have formed a technical committee chaired by the Second Deputy Speaker, Mesbah Douma, to monitor the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on citizens' incomes Full text...
Libyan,Turkish officials meet to discuss visa-free travel, increased trade
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy Chairman of the High Council of State and Chairman of the Libyan-Turkish Friendship Commission, Omar al-Obeidi, and the Chairman of the Turkish-Libyan Friendship Commission of the Turkish National Assembly, MP Ersan Aksu, Wednesday discussed the lifting of visas between Libya and Turkey to facilitate freedom of movement for citizens of both countries Full text...
Libya hosts 4th meeting of legal advisers of African parliaments in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The fourth meeting of the Council of Legal Advisers to African Parliaments Tuesday got underway at the headquarter of Parliament in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city Full text...
Togo adopts bill to increase number of MPs from 91 to 113
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a bill to increase the number of MPs from 91 to 113, PANA reported here Full text...
Libyan Parliament holds plenary session devoted to the presentation by the government based in the east on actions in the disaster areas
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) held its official session on Monday at its headquarters in the eastern city of Benghazi, chaired by its Speaker, Aguila Saleh, to hear the Libyan government's views on measures taken to cope with and respond to the effects of the floods and torrents that hit several affected areas in the east of the country Full text...
Plenary session of Libyan Parliament discusses draft laws of 6+6 Commission elections
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The work of a plenary session of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) began on Monday in Benghazi (East) to discuss the proposal of the 6+6 Joint Commission on the electoral laws for the legislative and presidential elections Full text...
Libya takes part in meeting of Arab Parliament committee debating draft law against domestic violence
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ahlam Al-Lafi, Member of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), chaired a meeting of the Arab Parliament's Committee on Social, Educational, Cultural, Women's and Youth Affairs, which was devoted to the adoption of the draft Arab orientation law to combat domestic violence Full text...
Doubts about organiZation of elections persist despite announcement of compromise on the electoral laws
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -Despite the announcement in the Moroccan town of Bouznika that a compromise had been reached on the legislation for holding parliamentary and presidential elections between members of the 6+6 Joint Commission of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) and the High Council of State responsible for drafting electoral laws, all is not well following the refusal of presidents of the two chambers to append their signature to the agreement Full text...
More than 125,227 internally displaced people back to places of origin in Burkina Faso - PM
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The security crisis in Burkina Faso since 2015 displaced thousands of people but as of 23 May 2023, more than 20,457 households, comprising 125,227 people had returned to their places of origin, Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimdon Kyélem de Tambéla, told Parliament on Tuesday in his state of the nation address Full text...
Fathi Bachagha suspended by Libyan Parliament, sent back to investigate his management
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives voted by a majority of MPs during the plenary session held Tuesday behind closed doors in Benghazi (East), to suspend Fathi Bachagha Full text...
Libya attends Economic and Financial Affairs Committee of Arab Parliament in Cairo
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A member of the Libyan House of Representatives and the Arab Parliament, Abdessalam Nassiya, participated in the meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Committee of the Arab Parliament held Monday in the Egyptian capital, Cairo Full text...
Libyan parliamentary delegation agrees with Russian counterparts to exchange visits
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The second deputy speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Abdelhadi al-Saghir, Thursday agreed with the chairman of the Duma's International Relations Committee and leader of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party, Leonid Slutsky, to exchange visits between the two chambers Full text...
Burundi hosts the 5th Legislative Assembly of the East African Community
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)- The draft law 2023 on supplementary credits and various committee reports are among the main items on the agenda of the first session of the fifth legislative assembly of the seven member countries of the East African Free Trade Community (EAC), scheduled for 28 March to 7 April, 2023 in Bujumbura, the economic capital of Burundi, parliamentary sources said Wednesday Full text...
Plenary session of the Libyan Parliament starts in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A session of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) started on Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, devoted to the examination of the 2023 draft budget and the appointment of members of the 6+6 joint committee with the High State Council in charge of drafting electoral laws Full text...
Libyan Parliament to convene in Benghazi on Monday
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has summoned MPs to attend an official session in Benghazi on Monday Full text...
Libyan Parliament delegation leaves for PAP committee meetings in South Africa
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The meetings of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) standing committees Tuesday began with members of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), and members of the African Parliament, in Midrand, South Africa, in preparation for the upcoming plenary session Full text...
Journalists dismissed from Tunisian parliament
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Local journalists and foreign press correspondents were barred from entering parliament to cover the inaugural session of the new legislature which began on Monday Full text...
Briefing by Abdoulaye Bathily: Libyan Parliament denounces inaccuracies and absolves itself of responsibility for failure
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) expressed surprise at the inaccuracies in the briefing presented by UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily to the Security Council on Monday Full text...
South Africa: Lavish lifestyles of South African lawmakers flagged
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The mansions occupied by governing party ministers and deputy ministers in Cape Town and Pretoria are collectively worth a staggering US$52 Full text...
Libya participates in 30th session of Executive Committee of Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union in Baghdad
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A member of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Abdessalam Nassiya, participated in the 30th extraordinary session of the Executive Committee of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, devoted to the follow-up of the strategic plan of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union for the period of 2018 to 2022 Full text...
Parliament adopts constitutional amendment that could pave way for elections
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya, during its session held on Tuesday in Benghazi, approved the thirteenth amendment of the Constitutional Declaration, on the organisation of relationship between powers in Libyan Full text...
Libyan Parliament resumes plenary session
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives resumed sitting on Tuesday in the eastern city of Benghazi to elect the second Deputy Speader Full text...
Libyan Parliament begins plenary session
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The plenary of the Libyan House of Representatives started on Monday in Benghazi, devoted to the election of the second deputy speaker and debates on the constitutional basis for the elections Full text...
Libyan Parliament to sit on Monday in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, has summoned members of the House to attend a plenary session at its headquarters in Benghazi on Monday Full text...
Libyan Parliament Speaker's U-turn jeopardises Libya's electoral process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The hope for a way out of the Libyan crisis with the recent announcement in Cairo, Egypt, of an agreement on a constitutional document and a roadmap between the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) and the High Council of State, may be short-lived, with the speculative turnaround by the president of the legislative body, Aguila Saleh Full text...
Libyan Parliament votes on formation of parliamentary committees for different tracks of the political crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) decided during its session on Monday in Benghazi (East) to form a number of committees for the different tracks of the political crisis to prepare and submit proposals to the House within a determined timeframe Full text...
Plenary session of Libyan Parliament begins in Benghazi in eastern Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The work of a plenary session of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), started on Tuesday at the Parliament's headquarters in the eastern city of Benghazi, dominated by the debates on how to get the country out of the crisis via the constitutional track Full text...
Libyan Parliament to hold plenary on Tuesday in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has convened a plenary session for next Tuesday in Benghazi Full text...
Libyan Parliament decides to ban extradition of any Libyan citizen abroad
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) approved a decision to ban the extradition by any Libyan party of any Libyan citizen abroad after the case of citizen Abu Ajila Al-Mreimi, who was handed over to the United States Full text...
Libya's Parliament begins session in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya on Monday began a plenary session in the eastern city of Benghazi Full text...
Ghana's finance minister survives motion to remove him from office
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's beleaguered Minister of Finance, Mr Full text...
Announcement of suspension of contacts between Parliament and High State Council jeopardises solution to Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At a time when efforts are focused on overcoming disagreements between the House of Representatives (Parliament) and the High Council of State on the eligibility criteria of candidates for the presidential election, the decision by the chairman of the Libyan Council to suspend contacts with the Parliament plunges the country into a new impasse Full text...
Aguila Saleh deplores lack of understanding of law creating Constitutional Court in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, Wednesday expressed surprise at the lack of understanding of the meaning of the law establishing a Constitutional Court in Benghazi (East) Full text...
Libyan Parliament appoints new Governor of the Eastern Branch of CBL
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Fawzi Al-Nouwairi, has appointed Marai Moftah Rahil Al-Barassi, Deputy Governor, to temporarily hold the position of Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) for the Beidha branch in the east of the country until the governor takes office Full text...
Libyan Parliament adopts draft law on unified salary scale
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament sitting on Tuesday in the eastern city of Benghazi approved the draft law on the unified wage bill in the civil service, the spokesperson of the Parliament, Abdallah Blihak, has announced Full text...
Burundi swears in first female Ombudsman
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Aimée Laurentine Kanyana, a member of the Burundi's ruling party, was sworn in on Tuesday in Kigobe, the seat of the National Assembly, as the new and first woman Ombudsman Full text...
Libyan Parliament sits in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament began a session on Monday in Benghazi, devoted to the law on the unified salary scale for state officials Full text...
Mandate of transitional MPs validated in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The mandate of the MPs of the 3rd transitional legislature of Burkina Faso was validated on Friday, according to a note from the transitional legislative assembly Full text...
Libyan Deputy Speaker denounces statements by some foreign diplomats as interference
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first deputy speaker of Parliament, Fawzi Al-Nouwari, has condemned the statements of ambassadors accredited in the country as foreign interference in Libya Full text...
Libyan Parliament begins new session in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament began another session on Monday in the eastern city of Benghazi devoted to the examination of a number of draft laws, its official spokesperson, Abdallah Blihak, has announced Full text...
AU welcomes meeting between presidents of Libya's two parliamentary chambers
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki, has welcomed the meeting in Morocco between the Speaker of the Libyan Parliament and the chairman of the High State Council, expressing the hope that it would be the beginning of a political dialogue to end the impasse in the North African country Full text...
Abdoulaye Bathily ready to discuss details of commitments made by the Presidents of the two Libyan Houses in Rabat, Morocco
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, Saturday welcomed the resumption of dialogue between the Speaker of the Libyan Parliament, Aguila Saleh, and the chairman of the High State Council, Khaled al-Mechri, on Friday in Rabat, Morocco Full text...
Libyan Parliament votes by majority to transfer the plan to create Constitutional Court to judiciary
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament), during its official session Wednesday in Benghazi (East), by a majority vote, decided to refer the draft law to the country's judicial bodies to give their opinion on its conformity with the legislation in the country Full text...
Libyan Parliament resumes sitting
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament resumed sitting on Wednesday in Benghazi, under the chairmanship of the Speaker, Aguila Saleh, to debate a draft law on the establishment of a Constitutional Court in the country Full text...
Libyan Speaker refers unification of salaries to parliamentary committees
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The observations of Libyan MPs on the draft unification of the salary scale of state insititutions will be forwarded to Parliament's legislative and financial committees for comments before the end of this month, the Speaker, Aguila Saleh, announced on Tuesday Full text...
Libyan Parliament meets in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament began a meeting on Tuesday in the eastern city of Benghazi to complete the discussion on the draft unified salary scale for state officials, the spokesperson for Parliament, Abdallah Blihak, has announced Full text...
Libyan Parliamentary delegation attends 145th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation of the Libyan Parliament, led by the first deputy speaker, Fawzi al-Nouairi, is participating in the 145th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which opened in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Tuesday Full text...
MPs from Libya's eastern region call for debate on the 1951 Constitution establishing a federal system
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty-two Libyan MPs from the eastern region have called on the Speaker of Parliament, Aguila Saleh, to present the unamended 1951 Constitution, under Beylical rule, for deliberation in a special session of Parliament to consider a return to the federal system based the three historical regions (Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan), in order to overcome the current impasse in the country Full text...