Presidency head Menfi stresses government’s tasks in solving bottlenecks, preparing for elections and starting reconciliationBy Sami Zaptia. London, 15 March 2021:During his speech at the swearing-in ceremony for the Government of National Unity (GNU) before parliament in Tobruk today, Presidency Council head, Mohamed Menfi summarized the GNU’s tasks in its short term in office as solving bottlenecks of services and goods to citizens, preparing for the 24 December elections and starting the process of reconciliation. Here is his speech in full:‘‘We wish you success at this beginning, and we know that this is a short period of eight to nine months in order to accomplish a set of tasks, the first of which is related to the government and the executive tasks of solving some bottlenecks that concern the citizen. We hope that the Prime Minister and the ministers will focus on creating the appropriate atmosphere in order to reach the main point that we all want, which is the elections at the end of this year, specifically on December 24th. Thank you for this day, which we consider the beginning of a victory for the Libyans, so that we can consolidate the values ​​of democracy in Libya during this period and the coming periods.”

Source: Libya Today March 15, 2021 15:00 UTC