SKHIRAT, Morocco
A member of Libya's Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC) said Saturday that the congress had proposed the presence of two chambers of parliament in Libya and the formation of a six-member presidential council to oversee the work of the government.
The GNC member, who requested anonymity, told The Anadolu Agency that the proposal meant that both the GNC and the internationally-recognized House of Representatives, which convenes in the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, would turn into one legislature.
He said in case the proposal was agreed on, laws would only be passed when the two chambers approve them.
"The GNC is open to all suggestions," the member said, even without mentioning the reaction of the House of Representatives.
Libya rivals sit together in Morocco for first time
Libya's political rivals sat together in Morocco for the first time for national dialogue talks aiming at getting their country out of its current political and security crisis.
Attending the talks were also the United Nations Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon and Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, whose country hosts the dialogue talks among the Libyan rivals.
Libyan partners in the talks had held separate sessions with Leon since their arrival in Skhirat, a city within Moroccan capital Rabat.
Earlier attempts to convince dialogue partners to be engaged in direct talks had failed, Moroccan sources told The Anadolu Agency.
Dialogue talks have started in Morocco on Thursday in the presence of representatives from the internationally-recognized House of Representatives, which convenes in the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, and the General National Congress, which convenes in capital Tripoli, even as its mandate had come to an end in 2014.
Earlier in the day, the UN mission to Libya said dialogue partners were determined to resolve their differences.
The mission added that Libya's rivals would discuss security arrangements and the formation of a national unity government.
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 parliament and the Islamist-led parliament, which convenes in Tripoli.
The two assemblies support two rival governments respectively headquartered in the two cities.
