Reuters —Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the “necessity” of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections. The leaders are the president of the Presidential Council (PC) Mohamed Menfi, the head of High State Council (HSC) Mohamed Takala, who are both based in Tripoli, and Aguila Saleh, speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Benghazi. In a joint statement, the three leaders also called on the UN Mission in Libya and the international community to support their proposals. Dbeibah has vowed not to cede power to a new government without national elections. Last week, Central Bank governor Sadiq Kabir wrote to parliament asking it to approve a new unified government and a national budget over GNU extent spending.

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Persons: Mohamed Menfi, Mohamed Takala, Aguila Saleh, ”, General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, ” Menfi, Menfi, Abdulhamid, Dbeibah, Sadiq Kabir Organizations: Reuters, Presidential Council, High State, UN, Arab League, Government of National Unity, GNU, Central Bank Locations: Libya, Tripoli, Benghazi, Cairo, UN, NATO